DALTON DOVER

                                                           "Hear About A Girl" 

                                                            Droptine Records

Since Dalton Dover first caught our ear with “Baby I Am,” his music has found its way to constant repeat on our personal playlist, and we’ve been chomping at the bit for whatever was going to come next from this hot rising artist.

What’s next has now arrived with “Hear About a Girl.”

Written by Adam Craig, Michael Carter and Jim McCormick,  the softer pace of the verses perfectly allows room for Dover to lean his soulful, country tilted vocals into lyrics that sing us through the pure heartache experienced after breaking up when you realize what you’ve lost.

Singing of the type of girl she is, Dover paints the picture of her throughout the opening verse as being the type to stop a boy in his tracks and make him want to be a better man, while utilizing the second verse to speak directly about who she was in their relationship as one that gave him another last chance and did anything and everything to make it work.

Of course, all of this is from the looking back on what might have been perspective as Dover shifts into the sad reality of the here and now as we hit the chorus and he takes us straight into the bar with him where he elevates his voice as the drive of the song lifts allowing him to punch it home in a crying out fashion:

“And then you hear about a girl you can’t get out of your mind

Drinking by yourself just trying to find

A little bit hope in the 90-proof

That you’ll get over her, cause she’s over you

Yeah, you’ll hear about a girl that changed your life

Just by saying hello, then saying goodbye

Sure love to be throwing ‘em back without a care in the world

But you’ll hear about a girl.”

By never really revealing the reason behind their breaking up, Dover delivers a song that we can insert our own heartbreak story into, giving this the strong connectibility factor that’s needed for it to resonate with the listener.

Couple that factor, against the structure of the song which allows Dover to hit a new range with his vocals as the instrumentation builds to the power of the chorus, and he impressively gives us another strong showing that feeds into the buzz he’s already created while moving categories from an artist to watch, to a status that will name him as one who has arrived!

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis/Artwork Photo by: Jason Myers)

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