Rating: 5/5
Review:
A terrific album
I think this is a terrific album. I have loved Emily Barker’s work
for a long time now and this is another cracker in her discography.
Barker’s last two albums have been with the wonderful country trio
Applewood Road and the equally excellent, Nashville-based Sweet Kind
Of Blue. It is typical of her that in a change of style she is now
collaborating with the quintessentially English folk singer Marry
Waterson and between them they have produced an album of real
quality, with thoughtful, musically diverse songs and a wonderful
overall sound.
It’s hard to
categorise the music here, other than that it’s very, very good.
There’s a mix of folk and soul really, with intelligent lyrics
about a range of things. I’m particularly fond of Little Hits Of
Dopamine - “I’d rather be rock and rolling but you just keep on
scrolling...I’m right here, right now and you’re missing out...”
- but there is plenty of food for thought and musical enjoyment
throughout the album.
In short, this is a
bit of real class from two excellent performers and, in Emily Barker,
one of the finest songwriters around at the moment. Warmly
recommended.
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