Jonny Herman – Old Romantics

“Old Romantics” is the latest single by Jonny Herman, an outstanding Norwich-based artist. It’s his first piece of work in 2024, serving as an adequate follow-up to Ocelotoflounge, another excellent single released last year. Soundwise, Jonny Herman combines the fundamentals of crooner rock but also incorporates many different but complementary music genres to illustrate such rich and luxurious sonic imagery. Perhaps alternative rock comes to mind first, but you’ll stumble across some of the finest properties borrowed from indie rock, blues, retro soul, power pop, and other similar styles. Jonny Herman uses all these additional elements as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift his latest single on an entirely new level while remaining loyal to the crooner rock sound. Therefore, these experimentations with many different but complementary music styles resulted in a catchy, memorable, mesmerizing composition that will appeal to even the pickiest listeners.

Jonny Herman fully stacked this song with some of the finest ideas and orchestrations. As soon as you press play, you’ll notice how “Old Romantics” contains perfect structure, garnered with many segments and instrumentations. Still, Herman’s sincere, confident, soulful vocal performance steals the show here, as he commands attention and guides the listeners by balancing low, mid, and high notes with such precision and finesse. These vocal harmonies also emphasize everything this profoundly creative artist intended to do with his song, and you’ll also hear how his impressive vocal range adds a subtle complexity to the already rich ambiance. The interplay between acoustic and electric guitar shapes the perfect backdrop for vocals to shine upon. You’ll notice how the mesmerizing chord progression resonates on one side while the other shines with semi-distorted, palm-muted, and regular riffs. Jonny Herman also added some studio reverb for a more cathartic atmosphere, and it works to the advantage of this song. The bluesy solo and accentuations add more bluesy vibes, but the artist keeps “Old Romantics” within crooner rock circles as much as possible.

Of course, this clever artist also introduced some sax leads in the mix. This particular instrument goes perfectly with all these chord progressions and riffs. “Old Romantics” wouldn’t sound this good without the rock-solid rhythm section. You’ll hear how equally intricate, audible, warm-sounding basslines rumble beneath all the instrumentations, offering more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth while binding everything together. It’s good to mention that the excellent drumming performance keeps everything in line while dictating groove and pace with cleverly arranged, flawlessly performed, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics. Jonny Herman thought about everything, and his efforts paid off in a magnificent crooner rock song that will suit even those listeners stumbling upon this genre for the first time. His ideas, talent, knowledge, and experience are vividly hearable from scratch to finish as he navigates this ear-appealing journey like a pro. The single is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!