Cory Wells

Cory Wells Is A Singer-Songwriter From Redondo Beach California. The Cover Of Wells’ Debut Album THE WAY WE ARE Features The Los Angeles-Based Singer/songwriter Perched Atop A Rusted-Out Vintage Car Calling To Mind Dusty Folk Music. Songs Like The Set-Opening “Distant” And “Keiko ” Imbued By Seemingly Effortless Musicianship And Wistful Nostalgia Go A Long Way Toward Reinforcing This Sonic Predilection. But There’s More To Wells Than What You’ll Find On The Surface. The Songwriter Grew Up Playing Metal Before Discovering Dashboard Confessional’s Seminal MTV Unplugged 2.0 Live Album A Record That Set Him On A Hard Left Turn To Creating A More Well-Worn Earnest Style. Even So He Injects The Desperation And Power Of His Heavy Music Background Into Every Note Of THE WAY WE ARE – Not Necessarily In Sound But In Spirit. Across The Album’s 12 Songs Wells Plays The Role Of Shapeshifter Just When You’ve Got Him Figured Out He Unleashes New Musical Elements – A Ferocious Scream “Walk Away” That Eventually Gives Way To Soaring Falsetto “Cement” Stirring Acoustic Guitar That Crescendos Into Fiery Full-Band Fare. The Ghosts Of New-Era Emo Torchbearers Including Dashboard’s Chris Carrabba A Contributor On “Fall Apart” Are Alive And Well In His Lush Beds Of Acoustic-Based Rock But Wells Isn’t Actively Summoning Them. Rather He’s A Decidedly Patient Songwriter Waiting For The Right Time To Pair A Searing Lyric With The Throat-Shredding Vocal Performance It Demands. read less