Just because I kissed my tween-age years goodbye more than two decades ago, doesn’t mean I’m not plugged in like a Tiger Beat reader. For example, I’m well aware that Bieber’s voice sounds like buttermilk frosting on steaming hot cinnamon rolls. It didn’t surprise me one bit when Harry Styles hinted he might have the lead in a Mick Jagger biopic. And can I recognize that Nick Jonas sizzles enough to crisp bacon? Of course I can.
So trust me when I say that songwriting wunderkind and Booker T. Washington student Parker Twomey has what it takes to make the Class of 2024-set lightheaded. The catchy melodies, the easy-listening vocals, the wistful lyrics (I mean, he actually has a single called “When I Was Young”)—but more than anything, he’s got the hair. Look at that pouf! What is this called exactly? Maybe, “deconstructed pompadour”? All I know is that he’s achieved at least three inches of lift, which is a talent in and of itself.
Between that and the Christian Bale pout (you kids don’t even know who he is, do you?), I have a feeling Twomey’s picture will be puttied onto a few pastel walls in the near future.
Parker Twomey’s debut album “Floating” is available on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon. His CD release party is this Sunday, May 28 from 2-4 p.m. at Spinster Records in Oak Cliff. 
