Oh, it’s one of those albums. Like Emily Lord, you worry because the lead singer is married and claims to sing folk music, but then you listen, and you realize that it’s much better than that. Maybe, just maybe, she sings a little better than Emily Lord, but that’s like arguing about Coke and Pepsi: If you only like one, you’re just fooling yourself. As Bloodhound Gang said, “Pepsi Challenge/took it; lost.”
“Until the Day Dims” raises expectations sky high as the leadoff track. You don’t even need to bunt the runner over, because it’s a triple every time. Maybe a suicide squeeze is in order? It’s as if Azure Ray were reincarnated. Maybe The Woodlands will play a $15 Nickel City show too. I wouldn’t put it past promoter Eric Fanali. He’s that good.
So this album is slow but not plodding. The singer has a delicate voice, the kind you wrap in newspaper before shipping, because God knows what the people at the U.S. Postal Service are going to do with it. “Can We Stay” is a great example of this. So is “Day to Day.” And “Summerland.” That one really is in a class by itself with the bells. Oh, the bells.
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