Richard Turgeon is typically a one-man band, but he has enlisted the assistance of a few friends on his latest single “You Always Believe.” Eric Salk composed the song, while Ron Guensche plays bass and Tommy Carmine handles piano and organ.
Ignited by a stroke of piano notes chiming with beauty, “You Always Believe” suddenly swerves into an eruption of crashing drums and levitating guitars. Richard’s strong and expressive vocals then enter the fold, turning this single into an impassioned expose of lovers knowing it is time to move on but resisting to do so. A whistling organ and McMansion-sized melodies also tile the arresting track.
Sounding something like Tom Petty singing a power ballad, “You Always Believe” is a heck of a song no matter how it is defined. Emotions are bared to an empathetic sound of tastefully theatric instrumentation, resulting in an engaging piece of music rife with universal appeal
If “You Always Believe” is your introduction to Richard Turgeon and you are suitably impressed enough to hear his previous work, there’s plenty of goodies to chose from. Amazingly prolific, the San Francisco Bay area-based artist has thus far released four studio albums of original material, two discs of cover tunes, an EP and a truckload of digital singles.
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