VAGUESS - "Nothing's Secret" (Full album)

Oh my friends! This time it's not for you... It's just for me! I don't know if there is such a thing as "divine justice", but what is clear is that the German label Erste Theke Tontraeger has just given an example of it by releasing the first physical vinyl edition of one of the best records ever created since the beginning of the millennium, and we couldn't help but take advantage of it to have an excuse to have this marvel in our channel. I'm going to give you a good advice, if like us you ever have the imperious need to "waste" your scarce budget on music, and you don't know what to buy? Don't hesitate, look for a record in which the Californian Vinny Early is involved. Whether he's the guitarist, drummer, frontman, engineer or the fucking roadie, this guy just goes for the pure gold, and whether he's in the company of others or doing it all alone, as on his flagship Vaguess, Vinny can do no wrong even when he puts his all into it.
"Nothing's Secret", digitally self-released in 2022 on his own label, Refry Records, is a decalogue of 10 polished gems, where Vinny does it all alone, except for the selective, precise and precious vocal help of KT Green vocals on some tracks, showing his ability to make a perfect composition, which is then masterfully brought to the instrumentation in an angular way, with perfect candid melodies and a certain sadly air that invade your senses with an astonishing ease and to which you have to surrender because of its inexplicably great simplicity... It is the album we all would have wanted to do. A classic of our time that should survive us all, and that will undoubtedly take a preferential place in my collection, without having to envy anything to anyone!
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00:00 01. When It's Gone
04:18 02. Reason
05:56 03. If Not For Nothing (Tone)
09:40 04. Happy All The Time
12:24 05. Heaven's Market
15:28 06. Turn It Off
18:44 07. Diary
21:46 08. Wish That I Could
23:49 09. Forever
28:18 10. Profit Or Punk?
"I hope we all realize how incredibly lucky we are to have a musician in the world as consistent and prolific as Vinny Earley. Between frequent touring and myriad side projects, he still manages to bring us new material from his long-running solo project annually, thus giving sad sack aging punks like me something to look forward to in this crummy world. The melancholic Nothing’s Secret from 2022 is an almost meditative collection of earworms!
Not that I’m ranking these releases, but this had to be the record I put on more than any other. The songwriting is perfect and it sounds immaculate. It’s moody and detached, but with so much heart and melodies that cut me in half. I love every second of it. Vaguess has often oscillated between singles-a-go-go and a desire to make thematic albums. Nothing’s Secret is adopting both these approaches. There are many hits, like “When It’s Gone“, “Heaven’s Market” (with the excellent Kiana from Diode), and “Profit or Punk?“, but the album also holds together perfectly.
Everything is summed up in the last track mentioned. Between profit and punk, you often have to choose, but Vaguess opens the way to a rare compromise. The album is perfectly balanced, between post-Strokes guitars, keyboards, Elon Musk-like verses, and cowboy impulses. It is also very well produced, which will make it last longer. There was sadness in many of Vaguess’ last albums. With Nothing’s Secret, it gives way to more realism. This LP talks about love here and there (“If Not for Nothin, (Tone)“, “Forever“…), but always with acceptance and relativism. This approach leaves more room for his music. It is very good!
In summation: Save Vinny Earley, may his reign last a thousand years."
Everything played, recorded, mixed, mastered by Vinny Earley
Backup Vocals by KT Green
Art by Vinny Earley
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