Nico & Vinz Have The Right Idea

Vitality abounds on Norwegian duo Nico & Vinz's "Am I Wrong?". They know how to settle into a vocal range that works wonders for them and as a result for we the people getting our first listen. There's not a blasted thing about the tune that's anything other than lightning harnessed in a bottle. What a crackerjack group of session musicians backing them up. Horns gleam as if they were fresh polished and delivered to the studio yesterday. The guitars are fancy free, content to go where Nico & Vinz's ambitions take them. Percussion gives your toes the extra tapping they need to be released from surface world troubles. The two of them started performance life as Envy which is what you have every right to feel. They maintain purpose. It comes through at that spot in the diaphragm where breath comes easily but with a pronounced kind of authority. The question posed on "Am I Wrong?" are common to many of us. Ours is a culture where it offends the powers that be if someone dares think outside the box. Nico & Vinz question if it's wrong to cut loose from those stifling parameters. The individuality that either makes or breaks us assumes a prominent role in the discussion. Kind of brings you back to a maternal conversation where she asks, "If your friends were jumping off a bridge, would you do it, too?" Nico & Vinz clearly opt to set themselves apart from the pack even if the pack turns up its collective nose. They are prepared to fall, get back up, and keep going after whatever prize they seek. It's easier said than done this call to walk the walk and don't look back. Such is both the history lesson and cosmic curse of having a past that comes with having walked a mile in your shoes. It's still wisdom worth drowning out the din to listen to. "Am I Wrong?" is personal affirmation brought to the highest mountain. Think about the many pieces of yourself you often have to comprise in this corporate go along to get along universe. Anybody who manages to scrape together any semblance of their honor deserves a medal of valor. If your kids or wives aren't demanding something, then it's likely the boss whose apparent job is to wad up your will to live and toss it mean-spiritedly back in your face. Nico & Vinz boldly predict world domination. I like the strong upward projection of their aims/ambitions. These guys may sing to the heavnens but their wingtips are firmly planted on terra firma. The boundaries, forced or self-inflicted that they strive to escape don't stand a chance in the face of a restorative dance worthy return to one's true identity. "Am I Wrong?" might not have the trappings of luxury the way a trip to the day spa would, but the inner cleansing you receive justifies time spent, responsibilities postponed. They aren't wrong to question, to defy labels, to follow the path that suits them best, to come by their truth honestly. My hat's off to them for being the masterminds of a song that purges toxins from head to foot. It's textbook right place right time.