Saturday, 31 March 2018

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour


Rating: 5/5

Review:
Another fine album from Kacey Musgraves


Golden Hour is a bit of a departure for Kacey Musgraves, but it is still a very fine album. 

There's nothing here with the defiant exuberance of Follow Your Arrow or the laugh-out-loud Family Is Family ("They may smoke like chimneys, but they give you their kidneys" remains one of my favourite lines of all time), but it's still thoughtful, emotionally intelligent stuff.  Musgraves is dealing here with much more personal matters, with her gift for great tunes, quietly witty and insightful lyrics and that lovely voice, used to perfection. 

The mood of Golden Hour is generally more like It Is What It Is or Late To The Party, which makes for a fine album of very listenable songs with genuine emotional weight.  I like it very much and I get more out of it with every listen.  Warmly recommended.

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