Greg Mendez - Beauty Land [CD] Evanescence Whether reworking festive choruses

Whether reworking festive choruses

enhanced by strings and vocals

unfiltered hip-hop

Holding on to Smoke

finding a new home in the developing operatic works as well as the ever-popular madrigal genre

Greg Mendez - Beauty Land [CD] Evanescence Whether reworking festive chorusesGreg Mendez has always been an economical songwriter he wields restraint and simplicity as tools, the core of his songs sharpened into simple, cutting truths. On Beauty Land, his new album and debut LP for Dead Oceans, we're guided by a wry but forgiving narrator, an underdog who has learned to balance cynicism and faith. These songs are self effacing without self pity, carefully constructed altars of imperfection channeled through pop melodies,