William Ryan Key – “Virtue”

I wish he'd switch it up a bit with his solo stuff. I feel like everything he's put out so far has been good, but they follow a similar pattern.

 

Yeah it is all extremely similar sounding and it is very bland/uninteresting to me. Which is sad because I love YC.

 

This song is incredible.

 

Lovely song. Hope he continues down the post rocky path. Wish the vocal was more prominent in spots but I knew after hearing this live how much I’d love it.

 

I’m intrigued. One of my favorites that he’s released so far.

 

Love this song, absolutely love the direction he’s headed musically

 

This is his best song of the solo catalog so far - easily.

I really do wish though (and I said this in the WRK thread) that he would push the vocals up in the mix a bit. It sounds so overly processed and pulled back that the guitar tones almost take over his voice.

He has such a strong, noticeable and recognizable voice...I just wish he'd let it fly.

 

I do get the sense that he's gradually going back down the road toward a rock/post rock path. This song already has much more drum/guitar action that anything he has put out so far.

 

Also, does anybody have any clue what is spoken in Russian at the end?

 

This one seems to have a more forward melody at least. I agree that his voice should be the focus of these, but the instrumentals in this one are more interesting than some of his other stuff. I say that as a huge YC fan; I want him to have all the success.

 

Yeah, I think this is the best song that he's released so far. But the vocal layering/mixing really just ruins it for me. He's way too far back in the mix to truly appreciate it

 

I really like this song.

 

The poem at the end appears to be a version of Alexander Pushkin's most famous poems "I Loved You"

I loved you; and perhaps I love you still,
The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet
It burns so quietly within my soul,
No longer should you feel distressed by it.

Silently and hopelessly I loved you,
At times too jealous and at times too shy.
God grant you find another who will love you
As tenderly and truthfully as I.

 

thats very sweet and sad