Reilly Downes Drops A Vivacious Single

An unbelievable release from Reilly Downes just dropped, and this is an uproarious, vivacious, colorful, and energetic single that showcases the artist's ability to take a track and make it her own by building a character-riddled atmosphere, bursting with presence.

The single is a cover of a song called "Dog Days", originally performed by Chicago's DEHD, and she manages to keep things super relevant by creating the same sort of energy as the original but giving it this Americana tonality so that it's got Southern twang just oozing from all the notes performed.

One of the things I adore about this is the simple fact that she kept it like an Ode to the original but still delivered her version, her presence, her attitude, and her energy.

The original version has great energy as well; it's youthful, it's fun, it's colorful, and catchy.

Reilly's rendition of the track breathes new life into it in a sense. She's got this super country approach to it, right down to how she performs the vocals, and all the instruments are following suit perfectly.

You have rolling snares, layers of righteous guitar tones just sitting on top of each other rocking out, still keeping that southern tone, and she comes through with powerful and robust singing the entire time.

It's that sense of personality that is delivered throughout the song, which really grabs you.

She's got that country soul, Honky-Tonk undertone, and the whole vibe of it makes me think of a live performance.

Listening to this, it feels almost like the song was recorded live on the floor with a full band, and everyone there was feeding off of each other's energies the entire time.

This is something I definitely loved about the song because that aspect was heavily infectious.

The guitar work is really good throughout this track. It's double-tracked, and it's done in this slightly loose approach where you can hear that it's double-tracked to add thickness, but the notes aren't played in precise timing with each other, so you have, again, this almost live performance effect.

This, in turn, boosts that energy and sort of has a way of putting you in the moment with the song itself.

I love some of the lead and hooky guitar work in there, you can hear the twang in those instruments just shining through, and the whole thing feels like a good time.

What's also cool is that it still keeps to its rock backbone as well. It's coated in Americana and Country approach, but still manages to hold on to that sort of indie rock vibe at the same time.

It's got a punch that it packs and really does an amazing job of pushing out this addictive color.

The vocals are quite powerful. There's a lot of soul and sort of swagger in a sense coming from the singing, and I think that's part of what helps give the song a little bit of an edge, even though it still has this almost elegance or gracefulness to how it's performed.

It's a song that hits hard but still has this flow to it.

Reilly Downes is one of those artists that you hear on record and immediately want to go see perform live right in your face.

If she can capture that kind of energy and aesthetic on record so well, then seeing her alive must be awesome.

The artist has already made waves performing with the likes of Jamie Wyatt, Maggie Rose, and more, as well as being featured in Rollingstone, no less.

Listening to this song, we can tell exactly why.

Upon listening to this track, I took a bit of a deep dive into her previous releases and found some amazing stuff.

She's got an outstanding record from 2022 called Spent, which showcases some different sides of her artistry and personality as well.

This is a must here, especially if you're a fan of her "Dog Days" cover.

To me, it feels like she gets a lot out of performing live. From what we can see she does it often and is no stranger to the stages, so this single feels like a good representation of where she's at right now and, likely, of her life performance aesthetic, energy, and presence.

Absolutely dive into the single as soon as you can and turn it up because it's the best way to listen to it.

This was one of the more fun and excitable, electric Southern-kissed, Americana-rock singles that I've heard in a long time, and it's a hands-in-the-air great time from start to finish.

Dive into this one and remember where you heard it first.

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