Spencer Mackenzie – What You Do – Single Review – noblepr

Review By Darren McIntyre

Spencer Mackenzie is a Juno nominated, Maple Blues Award Winning singer / songwriter from Southern Ontario who has steadily earned accolades and attention from Blues aficianado’s from around the world. For nearly a decade Spencer has been writing, recording true blues and showcasing the raw emotion, honesty that the genre demands. Spencer’s high energy captivating performances is one that grabs audiences that has seen him tour Canada, Europe & the US and perform with the likes of Walter Trout, Fantastic Negrito, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Spencer has been hard at work in the studio putting the finishing touches to his new album Empty Chairs slated for release Feb 20th, 2026, to wet our appetites he brings us the colossal blues tinged new single What You Do which I will be reviewing for you today.

What You Do – The live track kicks into action with a punchy rhythm section that has snare drum punches raining down on us as a sweet, cool Hammond organ tone wraps itself around this epic arrangement. Spencer leans in with his gravelly, blues tinged vocals and really socks it to us with this fast paced, funky groover that just keeps giving, we has a deep, dark, brooding bassline that hits us with cool funking grooves that just wrap themselves around this foot stomping bruiser. The slick guitar work is evident as Spencer lets rip with ease as his finger light up the room with their precision licks that work so very well in this killer track, the boys are really giving their all in this fist pumping classy piece as the tempo changes pace mid section. We get bluesy keys that let the groove build as the shredding guitar riffs grab our attention as Spencer brings his awesome raspy vocals to this punchy, swagger laden track that will have you reaching for the repeat button for sure.

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