Eli Lieb has this amazing grounded, earthy quality to his voice and performance that makes him stands apart from the other young make vocalists out there. He's got a bit of a harder edge to his voice that makes him a little more rock and a little less pop and that's great because I think it's important to do what it takes to make you noticeable. He makes the music you want someone to dedicate to you on the late night call in show on your local radio show. He makes the music that will be the soundtrack to your relationship with it even meaning to. His music is the music that makes you want to be loved and in love.
"Zeppelin" is an absolute summer song that makes you just want to throw the top back and take off on a gorgeous summer night with that person beside you. It's idealistic and it's hopeful and it's just an easy song to get swept up in. By the time it's over, you're hitting the replay button to listen to it over and over. The chorus is infectious and it's just an incredibly written, incredibly sung and fantastically put together song.
Eli makes music for the masses while being exceptionally true to himself and his artistic vision. Never once do you feel like he has an agenda or he's shoving anything in your face. His videos are just matter of fact about his sexuality and they don't scream a need for activism. It's this type of quiet idealism that is going to be turning point in this chapter of the civil rights movement. Because the images are so innocuous and there aren't over the top visuals, it's very easy to accept the story of the video and move on.
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