Waver takes a rare chemistry and turns it into a 13-track release on "Space & Time," an album that feels simultaneously reflective and emotionally honest, and refreshingly sincere. For most of two decades, Mike Sartor and Dorsey Stone have been partners in a relationship far more intimate than business, and that history gives pulse to every corner of this debut.
Written and recorded at Ugly Duck Studios in Boston, "Space and Time" twists the textured spirit of '90s rock through time, age, experience, and countless memories. From the first moments of "Silvertone," the album creates a warm and cozy atmosphere. Tracks like "You Instead" and the breezy "Say The Word" have a kind of melodic intimacy that is expansive.
Dorsey Stone's "Always Awake" is a delicate blend of openness and strength. At the same time, "Delivery Is Free" takes on a tone without compromising the album's overall cohesiveness. A co-write between the two artists, "I Miss You," is the emotional core of the album and one of its most resonant moments. Mike Sartor writes the rest, and they provide a solid story arc for the album.
"I Used To Be Someone Else," "Blue Tomorrow," and the yearning track "I'm Still Waiting" wrestle with questions of memory, longing, and evolution. Waver uses songwriting and instrumentation to shoulder emotional weight rather than reel you in with heavy production tricks. With "Space and Time," Waver presents us a fully realized and lived-in work. It serves as a reminder that rock music will never truly die. "It just grows sometimes. It's a reminder that rock music lives, that great things don't age, and that sometimes they evolve.
