Location: Los Angeles, California
Country: USA
Genre: Rock, progressive rock
Format: Digital album
Label: Independent
Release date: May 28, 2025
After thirty years as a performer and music instructor, Dan Sindel developed a method of recording involving multi-tracked electric and acoustic guitars and symphonic arrangements. His bio emphasizes the recognition it earned him, and the recognition he received opening for Saxon, King Diamond, Wendy O. Williams, Accept, Metal Church, Armored Saint, Flotsam & Jetsam, and Grim Reaper among others. Sindel’s bio also mentions that he hopes to encourage future musicians to develop their abilities.
Sindel’s website bio page doesn't provide much information about his performance experience, instructional background or recording technique. At least, the profile doesn't tell me as much as I’d have liked to after listening to his second EP. If you seek more, there are interview links, news and information about his videos and a music section on his site (it may interest you that his devotion began with Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same”), plus information about streaming his recordings on Bandcamp.
Besides showcasing the wall of sound he built at maximum level, “They Only Love You When You're Winning” provides the range of the heavy rock Sindel was exposed to during his long musical career, spanning the 1960s to the 1980s to the present. There's much to be found here if you grew up with the Beatles, Beach Boys and psychedelia like Pink Floyd and progressive rock like Yes. The mix is technically proficient but not flowery; the psychedelic complexity doesn’t allow for too many pleasantries.
I've listened to Little Steven's Underground Garage, a weekly show that traces punk rock's origins back to the fifties. It shows the early roots of punk in many groundbreaking artists, and given that Sindel and Steven Van Zandt share similar roots, I was surprised by how well Sindel's work suits Van Zandt's format. For its experimentation, "They Only Love You…" is as hard, uncompromising and not-radio-friendly as anything by musicians who aimed to write something more exciting than the traditional pop of the time..
Besides the origins and progression of rock music, Sindel draws on John Philip Souza's military music to create the wall of sound features. He draws heavily on jazz, blues, and r&b for complexity. These influences are apparent behind the harder elements, as do faint elements of rockabilly and psychobilly. One more significant contribution is Sindel’s early training in French horn and trombone. This combination upends everything, removing rock from its linear cruise control.
In the same way the Sex Pistols were the culmination of their influences and created something raw and exciting, Dan Sindel combines everything he learned during his musical education, binding it together by his love of the medium, feeling its energy as any fan would, and expressing it through the originality and creativity he brings to the table. Check out this EP and his website. –Dave Wolff
Sindel’s website bio page doesn't provide much information about his performance experience, instructional background or recording technique. At least, the profile doesn't tell me as much as I’d have liked to after listening to his second EP. If you seek more, there are interview links, news and information about his videos and a music section on his site (it may interest you that his devotion began with Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same”), plus information about streaming his recordings on Bandcamp.
Besides showcasing the wall of sound he built at maximum level, “They Only Love You When You're Winning” provides the range of the heavy rock Sindel was exposed to during his long musical career, spanning the 1960s to the 1980s to the present. There's much to be found here if you grew up with the Beatles, Beach Boys and psychedelia like Pink Floyd and progressive rock like Yes. The mix is technically proficient but not flowery; the psychedelic complexity doesn’t allow for too many pleasantries.
I've listened to Little Steven's Underground Garage, a weekly show that traces punk rock's origins back to the fifties. It shows the early roots of punk in many groundbreaking artists, and given that Sindel and Steven Van Zandt share similar roots, I was surprised by how well Sindel's work suits Van Zandt's format. For its experimentation, "They Only Love You…" is as hard, uncompromising and not-radio-friendly as anything by musicians who aimed to write something more exciting than the traditional pop of the time..
Besides the origins and progression of rock music, Sindel draws on John Philip Souza's military music to create the wall of sound features. He draws heavily on jazz, blues, and r&b for complexity. These influences are apparent behind the harder elements, as do faint elements of rockabilly and psychobilly. One more significant contribution is Sindel’s early training in French horn and trombone. This combination upends everything, removing rock from its linear cruise control.
In the same way the Sex Pistols were the culmination of their influences and created something raw and exciting, Dan Sindel combines everything he learned during his musical education, binding it together by his love of the medium, feeling its energy as any fan would, and expressing it through the originality and creativity he brings to the table. Check out this EP and his website. –Dave Wolff
Track list:
1. Ambition
2. America! America!
3. Blindsided
4. Burning Bridges
5. Freedom
6. Spellcaster
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