Hailing from Virginia and New York City, David Homyk is a rare talent. Singer-songwriter and record producer, and top fashion model by some blessed biological fate, his debut album "True Story" is a hotter and higher charged Maroon 5 with the passion intimacy and depth that only a soloist can bring to a listener.
Homyk's debut has top quality mainstream top-40 production, which Homyk as a producer and sound-engineer (apparently also moonlighting for Matthew Knowles, Beyonce's dad) crafted so astoundingly and professionally by himself. All the songs sound as if they could be on mainstream radio or blockbuster movies. Honestly I have not come across an indie artist to put out such a total package as David Homyk.
On a writing level each of the songs are so infectiously "catchy" I find myself humming the choruses until I have to actually pull out my ipod and just play the track again. The first song to have this effect on me was one where Homyk is at the piano, bass guitar, drums, and singing, called "Fool In The Middle," which is a brilliantly written storyline about being the rebound guy while the original couple gets back together again. The theme is so common in our dating society, but I have yet to find another song about this relationship dynamic. And that's not even why I find myself playing it, I keep playing it because it's SO CATCHY, and it just hits the spot musically. I feel amazing when I hear this song. Another one to have this effect on me is "Addicted To You" where Homyk is now at the guitar, drums, bass guitar, and singing. This song is produced amazingly, it sounds like rhythmic stomps and claps of a bunch of people having fun in the studio together while Homyk plays slam acoustic guitar. The theme of this one is more common but the music is unlike anything I've ever heard. And wow, it's such a catchy groove I found myself actually walking to the beat of it on my way back from class when I hadn’t even been listening to it. Again, I have to pull out my ipod and just play it again, and again. This album is highly recommended along side other classics with infinite replay value such as Maroon 5's "Songs About Jane," John Mayer’s “Continuum,” and Led Zeppelin’s “4.”