Have you ever expected your favorite musician to come into your life and save you from your drowning mental health? Guitarist and vocalist Craig Douglas Miller didnโt. And thatโs what happened after two decades of clinical depression and writerโs block when he tried reaching out to his musical idol. The legendary guitarist Marty Wilson-Piper burst into view, giving him a whole new perspective just as he was being washed over by a mid-life crisis.
Craig Miller and Marty Wilson Piper, also known as The Church, finally penned a timeless and pounding 80s alternative rock and a postpunk track called Vanish, which was released on the 10th of March, 2023. With the new-found inspiration to reinvigorate his music, Miller found it in him to pen a whole LP under the name Blueburst, which is set to release later this year.
Together in Vanish, Miller and Willson-Piper found a roaring prog guitar sound owning most of the track with retro features that take us back to the music we grew up listening to. In Millerโs idea of rawness in the music, he has portrayed a longing to get away in the lyrics and leave it all behind in the fabricated world he refers to as โthe world they created.โ
He further expresses, โAnd theyโre not going to change. Theyโre the ones who lied and hated. Terrified by strange.โ The pounding and crunching of the dynamism explored in this guitar-dominated hypnotic track, Vanish, evoke a soothing sense of Ikigai that needs a mandatory listen for all fans of alternative rock.
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Photo credits: watercolor by Holly Miller
Review By: Naomi Joan