MARK MILLAR - Mystery

Let the gritty blues of Mark Millar take you. Let it take you down the dusty roads, the dirty bar floors, searching for an answer to the big questions of life. With distinctly personal songs about the human condition, Millar’s songs represent a bright spot in a dying art form. His latest single, “Mystery,” is a longing, enigmatic number that feels like the spiritual sucessor to “Wicked Game,” which is to say that it is made for deserted atmospheres and long, cool nights. Millar’s guitar chops are no joke; as each note of his dramatic and emotive lead parts ring out, you can feel years of work and a long line of influences backing him, from the folky musings of Mark Knopfler to the gritty Southern fusion of J.J. Cale.

Millar’s voice is subtle, yet emotive. This frank vocal delivery allows Millar’s lyrics to truly shine, and they carry a kind of “mystery” themselves, longing for someone or something that just won’t turn around. It is a fittingly curious and searching story that cements “Mystery” as a truly whole song, one where every detail supports another like a well-oiled machine. The blues hasn’t died, it just takes a little bit of reviving to bring it back, and Mark Millar is ready to shake the dust off and call out to the world.

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