Unknown Component

“It’s A Fine Line” from In Direct Communication has a straightforward beat, but at the same time it is a bit unusual. On first listen, this tune doesn’t knock the listener over. It’s easy listening and pop, in some ways. The beat picks up some with “Retrospectively Speaking.” But, once again, this is just quality pop.

<>As some reviewers have stated, this is good music, both entertaining and mellow. Others classify Unknown Component as folk/rock. OK, I’ll go along with that. But this ain’t Radiohead. (You are free to disagree.) In fact, this is good Saturday afternoon relaxing music.

The Unknown Component here is, of course, Keith Lynch from Iowa City. He might do some of his best work on “Into The Sun,” a song that gives us a bit more of his soul and some of the desperation and disappointment we used to hear in John Lennon’s voice. There is some of that in “Identifying Interpretation” as well.

William Fare from Cedar Rapids, who seems to keep an eye on the music scene, writes, “Still, Lynch is taking on the Big Issues at his own pace and succeeding, a luxury that these days of cheap quality recording have afforded both him and his fans.”

See if you can find Unknown Component at all the right places in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

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