Blake Daniels, who released a collection of demos in 2018. Credit: David Jenkins

Blake Daniels, who released a collection of demos in 2018. Credit: David Jenkins

Blake Daniels: Demos The release is merely a five-song demo of songs St. Petersburg songwriter Blake Daniels wants to eventually work into a 12-song full-length, but the effort stands out thanks to songs like “Come Back To Me, which is built on bare-bones, beautiful guitar and synthesized bells ringing off in the distance, all working to propel a sad song about growing old alone.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...