THROUGH THE WOODS

Album review published on August 22, 2015 Translated from Hebrew: "You choose me just as I choose you, you lose me just as I lose you." “Simply put, in a sharp and precise three-minute and five-second song, Roy Dahan distills the feeling that passes through us so often when we hear about another corruption scandal in the Knesset, or about another economic decree disguised as the public good that turns out to be tainted by the capital-government nexus, about the deterioration in the security situation without an attempt to communicate with the other side and then embarking on another military operation, about another unsubstantiated promise thrown into the air during a campaign full of gossip and gossip." “We grow up into the national narrative of the few against the many and it is good to die for our country. The education system pumps it directly into our veins throughout the formative years until we are drafted into the army, without us having any real ability to resist. But then comes liberation and we go out into the big world. Very quickly, many of us realize that what we see from there, we do not see from here, and a process of disillusionment begins, accompanied by the realization that we deserve more. Much more.” In his new single "Through The Woods" and the first from his third album, Dahan flattens the dream and praises the desire to be part of something bigger, but not blindly, but with the understanding that we deserve to receive as much as we are required to give, even when it comes to the relationship of the individual with the leaders of his country who steer the ship. Roy Dahan's familiar and beloved acoustic folk is seasoned with classic rock and instills a subtle sadness in the listener's back, the piano playing is accompanied by the wails of an electric guitar, and these serve well the text sung in a loud and unequivocal voice . . ."