Peter Vitalone: The Side Of The Dirt

Upon first listen, about 35 seconds into “Into Me I See,” the first track on Peter Vitalone’s latest album, This Side Of The Dirt¸ I thought to myself, “This is something my parents would enjoy.” And though, to some, that could be construed as a bit of an insult, that’s not how I meant it. I like the music my parents listen to. These past few years, the term “dad rock” has been thrown around as a pejorative way to describe music that is indebted to the sounds of classic rock radio. Although some of the music that gets …