Dmitry Wild’s 2022 long player ‘New York Stories’ was a record brimming with good tunes. The multi-talented musician filled its metaphorical grooves with a variety of sounds ranging from Strokes inspired garage rock (‘Summer of ’21’, ‘Sweetest Thing’), echoey semi-acoustic rock that sounded like ‘Space Oddity’ era Bowie fused with Tindersticks (‘Wizard’), moody singer songwriter fare with a gentle Nick Cave-ish undercurrent (‘God, Ghost and A Ship’), and even arty rock meeting with a slacker vibe (‘21^st Century’). It showed a man capable of turning his hand various styles with relative ease.

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