Critically Acclaimed Australian Multi-Genre Multi-Instrumentalist Dan Webb Releases “A Good Song” Featuring Greg Saunier Of Deerhoof
When it comes to music, everyone has their own personal tastes. It is those personal tastes that influence whether we determine a song is “good” or “bad”. However, what is considered a good song to one person, might not be a good song to someone else. It is this nuance that acclaimed Melbourne multi-genre artist Dan Webb explores in his thoughtful new single, “A Good Song“, which features Greg Saunier of the band Deerhoof.
Against a jazzy instrumental with hints of electronica, Greg Saunier explains why he doesn’t believe in the concept of a good song. Between the instrumental and insightful commentary, “A Good Song” feels like the sonic personification of food for thought.
He states,
“What you want, is a good song to become undefined, so that everything that has been proscribed is now allowed, everything that has been unheard can now be heard.”
Webb was especially moved by what Saunier had to say.
“The original question I asked Greg was “What makes a good song in your opinion?”. I’d asked that question to many other artists, but Greg’s response to that question was unlike anything else I’d heard previously. It really stuck with me, and it reshaped the way I thought about music.”
After becoming an underground favorite with two well-received EPs in 2009 and 2010, Dan Webb began to garner mass acclaim with his 2014 full-length debut Sandstorm. Praised by X-Press Magazine as “a thrilling, funky journey,” it received international airplay, most notably from BBC Radio 6 Music, Triple J and Double J.
On the follow-up Oedipus the King, he was inspired by the political chaos of 2016. Not only did it provide the soundtrack to a tumultuous era, but it also drew favorable comparisons to Berlin-era Bowie and Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis. Later, his third album Exotic Erotic Concoction would be a sonic aphrodisiac that ebbed and flowed between jazz, electronica, and experimentalism.
“A Good Song” is the first single from his new album Sunshine/Dialogue, which has been acclaimed by outlets such as Bandcamp, Earmilk, and Happy Mag. B-Side Guys called it, “a genre-defying, convention challenging, and utterly unique musical journey.”