I understand this guy. Here’s a man that recognizes how the world turns. I don’t mean the actual revolutions of this giant rock, but the day to day shit that we have to deal with. I have said for a long time that I am going to have to live in a big city or an hour from civilization, up in the mountains where my closest neighbor is miles away. With every day that passes, I’d rather be up in the mountains. I still like the city just fine. But everyday I feel little bit more like not wanting to be around people. Too much to worry about. Too much to screw up. Too much to want.
Luke Wesley looks more like a linebacker than a piano rocker. With humorous song titles like “I Hope You Like This Song” and “Sorry I’m Not Hotter”, he doesn’t quite have the personality you’d expect from the genre, either. There aren’t many other self-taught pianists in the field, and we’re pretty sure he’s the only one to have fallen off of a six story building and walked away with hardly a scratch. But in spite of this unconventional background, Luke Wesley brings to the table some of the catchiest, most polished piano rock the genre has seen in a long time with his debut LP, Because We Never Talk About It.
Wesley grew up in tiny Shelby, Ohio before moving to New York in his early 20s, and credits his family and small-town upbringing with shaping his musical stylings. “Between my parents and my 3 older brothers, I had a lot of differing musical tastes coming out of the home,” he says. “A big family helps like that.” He cites influences ranging from 1950s and 60s doowop to glam rock of the 1980s, and often draws comparisons to giants like Billy Joel, Elton John, and Marc Cohn.
Wesley’s goals on Because We Never Talk About It are modest. “All we are trying to do with the album is make a really solid pop album that isn’t super-overproduced and remains true to the live shows,” he says. And through collaborations with producers Casey Shea and Peter Block, he manages to do just that. “At its heart, this album is simply a very well constructed pop album.” The album, mastered by Mark Christensen (Langhorne Slim, 50 Cent, Raekwon), was released June 1, 2010.
Luke Wesley looks more like a linebacker than a piano rocker. With humorous song titles like “I Hope You Like This Song” and “Sorry I’m Not Hotter”, he doesn’t quite have the personality you’d expect from the genre, either. There aren’t many other self-taught pianists in the field, and we’re pretty sure he’s the only one to have fallen off of a six story building and walked away with hardly a scratch. But in spite of this unconventional background, Luke Wesley brings to the table some of the catchiest, most polished piano rock the genre has seen in a long time with his debut LP, Because We Never Talk About It.
Wesley grew up in tiny Shelby, Ohio before moving to New York in his early 20s, and credits his family and small-town upbringing with shaping his musical stylings. “Between my parents and my 3 older brothers, I had a lot of differing musical tastes coming out of the home,” he says. “A big family helps like that.” He cites influences ranging from 1950s and 60s doowop to glam rock of the 1980s, and often draws comparisons to giants like Billy Joel, Elton John, and Marc Cohn.
Wesley’s goals on Because We Never Talk About It are modest. “All we are trying to do with the album is make a really solid pop album that isn’t super-overproduced and remains true to the live shows,” he says. And through collaborations with producers Casey Shea and Peter Block, he manages to do just that. “At its heart, this album is simply a very well constructed pop album.” The album, mastered by Mark Christensen (Langhorne Slim, 50 Cent, Raekwon), was released June 1, 2010.
