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BAND/ARTIST: Wills Van Doorn
- Title: Enduro
- Year Of Release: 2026
- Label: Enigmatic Brunch Records
- Genre: Power Pop, Heartland Rock, Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter
- Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 48.0kHz
- Total Time: 00:27:59
- Total Size: 65 / 174 / 328 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Enduro
02. Ever Wonder Why
03. Aero
04. Sun
05. Wind
06. Wake Up
07. Sometimes / Rarely
08. Float
09. Quiet Words
10. Falling Out of Love
Most folks on my side of the pond may be more familiar with the motorcycle rally, but around the world, motocross fans know about the enduro. In a rally, riders compete to get from the beginning of a track to the end in the fastest time possible. But in the enduro, competitors must ride at a consistent speed to reach unmarked checkpoints within certain amounts of time, and get penalized if they reach those checkpoints too early or too late. Often the enduro throws obstacles at riders, causing them to have to adjust on the fly without rushing or falling behind.
This concept of keeping a steady pace – damn the consequences – runs throughout Enduro, the latest album from Wills Van Doorn. The songwriter’s Instagram features a keen interest in cars, as well as a mention of the album being “a downhill endurance race”, so I imagine Van Doorn knew what he was doing with this title. The ten tracks have a breeziness to them, quite literally at times feeling like the wind blowing through your hair while you hit the road on your bike. (The Board of Trustees at Start-Track.com have urged me to stress the importance of wearing a helmet while participating in motocross activities.)
Van Doorn started out in Kansas City, collaborating with many of the city’s other super-talented musicians over the years before moving out west. Enduro is all about Van Doorn navigating experiences back in the Midwest, as well as all the people in his life. “Aero”, for example, is all about his sister, who races (analog) bikes professionally. It has the gritty vibe of those sorts of physical feats: There’s a little dirt in the guitar, everything rings just a tad louder in the ears, and the heart pumps just a little faster through the duration of the track. Van Doorn’s song titles on Enduro match up well with the images the songs evoke: “Sun” has a summery beach-lounging feel, with the tempo like waves lapping at the shore, while “Wind” slows things down a bit and leaves room for the breeze to blow, with the strings sounding more like swinging bells.
The whole album came together in a weekend, with production from Johnny Payne (formerly of the once-and-future band The Shilohs) and drums courtesy of Beach House’s James Barone. Despite the spontaneity, each track drips with delicious talent from each of the musicians on the album, giving a bit of live energy to Enduro. The creation of the record works with its theme: Nothing sounds rushed for the sake of getting one more song in the track list, and nothing seems over-rehearsed or overproduced. This is Van Doorn and his collaborators knowing exactly how to make their sound gel, how to lay each track down, and how to know when each one ends.
Resulting from the development is an album that in just under half and hour runs us through the emotional gamut of someone looking back on their life with the full understanding of its ups and downs, the smooth sailing sections of the course and the bumps in the road. There’s plenty of power pop goodness, but also a little indie folk, blues, and jazz to give Enduro whisps of wistful energy. The title track opens the album with a roar, like hundreds of bike engines coming to life at the start of a race. And while the overall tempo of the record slows toward the end with songs like “Quiet Words” and “Falling Out of Love”, the energy remains.
It perhaps makes sense that the songs that deal with more of Van Doorn’s obstacles in life slow things down just a touch, in order to reflect on their effects and ponder the lessons to learn from them. Like a true enduro, riders have to slow down just a little to get over the humps, hills, and hassles in their way without taking too much time to do so, lest they receive a big hit to their overall score. Likewise, if you don’t take the time to ruminate in a healthy manner once in a while, you’re gonna flip yourself right into a ditch.
Enduro‘s a fantastic listen from front to back, with the singles “Ever Wonder Why”, “Sometimes/Rarely”, and “Aero” making for great songs on their own. It’s a testament to taking everything at a steady pace, from big changes in location and relationships to life’s smallest obstacles. No matter what happens, Wills Van Doorn’s songs make for perfect background music to every trial, tribulation, and road trip. (But again, if you are traveling on a bike, use a helmet. Safety first.)
01. Enduro
02. Ever Wonder Why
03. Aero
04. Sun
05. Wind
06. Wake Up
07. Sometimes / Rarely
08. Float
09. Quiet Words
10. Falling Out of Love
Most folks on my side of the pond may be more familiar with the motorcycle rally, but around the world, motocross fans know about the enduro. In a rally, riders compete to get from the beginning of a track to the end in the fastest time possible. But in the enduro, competitors must ride at a consistent speed to reach unmarked checkpoints within certain amounts of time, and get penalized if they reach those checkpoints too early or too late. Often the enduro throws obstacles at riders, causing them to have to adjust on the fly without rushing or falling behind.
This concept of keeping a steady pace – damn the consequences – runs throughout Enduro, the latest album from Wills Van Doorn. The songwriter’s Instagram features a keen interest in cars, as well as a mention of the album being “a downhill endurance race”, so I imagine Van Doorn knew what he was doing with this title. The ten tracks have a breeziness to them, quite literally at times feeling like the wind blowing through your hair while you hit the road on your bike. (The Board of Trustees at Start-Track.com have urged me to stress the importance of wearing a helmet while participating in motocross activities.)
Van Doorn started out in Kansas City, collaborating with many of the city’s other super-talented musicians over the years before moving out west. Enduro is all about Van Doorn navigating experiences back in the Midwest, as well as all the people in his life. “Aero”, for example, is all about his sister, who races (analog) bikes professionally. It has the gritty vibe of those sorts of physical feats: There’s a little dirt in the guitar, everything rings just a tad louder in the ears, and the heart pumps just a little faster through the duration of the track. Van Doorn’s song titles on Enduro match up well with the images the songs evoke: “Sun” has a summery beach-lounging feel, with the tempo like waves lapping at the shore, while “Wind” slows things down a bit and leaves room for the breeze to blow, with the strings sounding more like swinging bells.
The whole album came together in a weekend, with production from Johnny Payne (formerly of the once-and-future band The Shilohs) and drums courtesy of Beach House’s James Barone. Despite the spontaneity, each track drips with delicious talent from each of the musicians on the album, giving a bit of live energy to Enduro. The creation of the record works with its theme: Nothing sounds rushed for the sake of getting one more song in the track list, and nothing seems over-rehearsed or overproduced. This is Van Doorn and his collaborators knowing exactly how to make their sound gel, how to lay each track down, and how to know when each one ends.
Resulting from the development is an album that in just under half and hour runs us through the emotional gamut of someone looking back on their life with the full understanding of its ups and downs, the smooth sailing sections of the course and the bumps in the road. There’s plenty of power pop goodness, but also a little indie folk, blues, and jazz to give Enduro whisps of wistful energy. The title track opens the album with a roar, like hundreds of bike engines coming to life at the start of a race. And while the overall tempo of the record slows toward the end with songs like “Quiet Words” and “Falling Out of Love”, the energy remains.
It perhaps makes sense that the songs that deal with more of Van Doorn’s obstacles in life slow things down just a touch, in order to reflect on their effects and ponder the lessons to learn from them. Like a true enduro, riders have to slow down just a little to get over the humps, hills, and hassles in their way without taking too much time to do so, lest they receive a big hit to their overall score. Likewise, if you don’t take the time to ruminate in a healthy manner once in a while, you’re gonna flip yourself right into a ditch.
Enduro‘s a fantastic listen from front to back, with the singles “Ever Wonder Why”, “Sometimes/Rarely”, and “Aero” making for great songs on their own. It’s a testament to taking everything at a steady pace, from big changes in location and relationships to life’s smallest obstacles. No matter what happens, Wills Van Doorn’s songs make for perfect background music to every trial, tribulation, and road trip. (But again, if you are traveling on a bike, use a helmet. Safety first.)
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