Review: "Drive." - Marty Kolls
- Breanna Macomber
- Feb 25
- 2 min read
Somewhat recently, I was thinking about certain bands from the 70s/80s. It’s always fascinating watching the music industry go from one thing to the next in terms of what’s popular but personally, I haven’t felt like we’ve had as much passion and creativity as we did back in those decades. Listening to “Drive.” by Marty Kolls gives me a sense of what that passion could’ve sounded like. At first listen, my first instinct was how much it reminded me of Bon Jovi. Where it somehow walks the line of country and rock music. As the song continues, though, so many other influences come to mind like Kate Bush while also weaving in modern sounds. Being able to make a song bring in sounds of nostalgia is not an easy task but Marty does a perfect job at handling that.
The song begins with a dreamy sound scape that really throws listeners into a feeling of zen. One of the best things that this song brings is the drum track. What sounds like something right out of Stranger Things, the drum track really captures that feeling of the 80's. So much synth while somehow still making it relevant to the music that we're hearing today, Marty Kolls does such an excellent job while tying everything together with the lyrics. As a writer, I always love being able to take two things and map them to each other. One of the first things that Marty talks about in this song is the feeling of losing control but knowing that when you're driving, that's the one thing you do have. The lyrics really flex Marty's emotional impact on the music and it's something that is so incredibly refreshing to see.
Marty Kolls is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist that somehow has mastered pop, folk and soul allowing their music to reach a huge range of audiences. Being able to take these sounds and blend them with incredible storytelling capabilities, relatability, honesty and storytelling really allow listeners to feel like Marty is speaking directly to their own situation. Marty is incredibly passionate about bringing out the care in their music by living through making art not for the sake of practice but because it's a way of living. "Drive." is Marty's latest single and can be found streaming on all streaming platforms.
Written By Bre Macomber
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