As is my want, I’ll be peppering my M reviews with occasional recent purchases from preceding letters.
My US intro into the recent works of Ms. Golightly, means I do keep eye out for cheap discs from her back catalogue.
While my sense, HG jumps around genres at will, this album from 2000 isn’t too far removed from her current hillbilly schtick. It’s definitely at the retro, rootsy lo-fi end of the spectrum.
There’s an energetic bluesy feel to the treble-heavy guitar work, and Holly’s vocals hold their own against occasional sweeps of Hawaiian guitar and quite a lot of reverb:
Golightly makes this particular genre look (and sound) extremely easy, but the familiarity and intimacy is a relatively rare thing. Most importantly she avoids sounding too backward-looking or precious in recreating a simpler, more plaintive yet painful style of music:
I’ll definitely be seeking out more from her oeuvre. Anyone got any recommendations?
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