{"id":485800,"date":"2019-05-13T13:34:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=834436"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:34:45","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-david-wolves-touring-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-david-wolves-touring-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need To Know: David Wolves, \u2018Touring Test\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Revealing, complicated and contentious, musical influence is like a family tree. In the last 15 years, no musician\u2019s roots have been dissected more than Kanye West\u2019s<\/a>. The production and lyrical sensibilities of A Tribe Called Quest and Ma$e birthed the young Chicago star and, in turn, West\u2019s suburban anxieties and everyman relatability made way for Drake and Kid Cudi. Next, as you probably know, came Travis Scott. In each iteration, the formula works.<\/p>\n

On \u201cTouring Test,\u201d David Wolves<\/a> proves that Travis Scott\u2019s intricate beats, dark lyrics and nocturnal moaning are the sounds of the moment. The 22-year-old resides in Orlando, Florida and is prepping the release of his debut project, VIOLE(N)T<\/em>, and the project\u2019s lead single was mixed and mastered by Anthony Kilhoffer \u2014 frequent engineer and producer for Kanye and Travis. \u201cTouring Test\u201d is a barrage of high-pitched, stabbing synths and aggressive drums. As those elements crash to shore, Wolves belts, \u201cI won\u2019t be sorry if I act like myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, David remembers listening to Kanye during his early childhood as his family emigrated to the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the first ways I learned English was in my dad\u2019s white truck, singing along to the radio,\u201d David says. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy because I remember listening to Kanye West\u2019s \u2018Through The Wire.\u2019 I didn\u2019t understand the lyrics, but I sang them. That was when it all began for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

On \u201cTouring Test,\u201d he pushes the jagged synths of mid-career Kanye into a tight, pop-leaning direction. The music is dark, but Wolves displays the good sense to structure it like something you might hear on the radio in 2019. It\u2019s an impressive first outing.<\/p>\n