There’s something about pop with gospel leanings that always scratches an itch for me. Jack Dean’s “Angel” listeners get the auditory pleasure of lovely raspy vocals with a backdrop of choir vocals.
Dean fills the sonic space like breath fills lungs. As if the luscious vocals and reverb wasn’t enough, also brings us lyrically into a layered dynamic: his lover, quickly hot then cold then hot again, and himself, desperate for connection. If you are only thinking sonically without lyrical meaning, like I was initially, I really believed that the song was a good old love song with not much below the surface. However, with lyrics like, “you’ve got me rolling dirt deep all over again, I’m broken gain/ Got mud on my knees / Cause I’m always begging you” it’s definitely a bit more complicated.
No matter what you’re looking for, “Angel” delivers. I think if you like anything from Harry Style’s self-titled album or probably most of Hozier's discography , then you will like “Angel”. With Dean’s other single “Still On My Mind” also giving just as much, I’m even more excited for what is to come.
Written by Jazmin Polido
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