Richie McDonald's new single sounds just like a ... LONESTAR single!

Richie McDonald : I Turn To You

Quitting Lonestar after a hugely successful career with the band may have been a risk for Richie McDonald but I suspect it's the band that will turn out to be the loser.

McDonald's distinctive voice was a major part of the band's sound and his first single as a solo act sounds like - well - like a new Lonestar song.

Not a good Lonestar single, but a Lonestar single just the same.

Ok, so the tight harmonies are all multi-tracked McDonald but for the rest, it's his vocals that stand out.

The song follows the Lonestar power-ballad template to the letter: quiet start, gentle orchestral backing, then harmonies building towards the chorus which bursts into a mess of electric guitars and a huge orchestral backing.

If McDonald is going to make his solo career stick, he's going to have to come up with exceptional material. This song is remarkably unexceptional!

My View: This guy CAN do it on his own. But will Lonestar survive without him?

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