got better as the song went on

i like it

enters the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart at #96

I don't like it

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #198

courtesy of Spotify



from Massachusetts
7th album
always love that retro sound

single

enters the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart at #90

I don't like it

Bandcamp listen:

Aussie country singer
not much info on him
album charted in the top-10 albums list here this week
he's burning a candle for REAL country
great stuff
up there with my favourite albums ive listened to this year
obviously on the  "to purchase" list now

YouTube listen

from Texas
seventh album
real country
a couple of lighthearted tongue-in-cheek tunes
three or four 'featured' artists, most notably Willie Nelson
shame he only supplies harmonies as opposed to a full blown duet but its still worth it
nothing on here to dislike
its on the "to purchase list"

the one with Willie Nelson

Youtube listen

from California
sophomore album
his debut , the doo-wop sounding "angel face", was my favourite of 2023
this one is 'retro' sounding too, very 50s pop sounding with hints of soul
a good album and he has a slight Brandon Flowers vocal quality
its on the to purchase list

favourite:

no album on the way, just a stand alone single apparently...

i like it

LINDA PERRY ~ Let It Die Here



Wow – she’s good at this whole songwriting business. There is not a bad track on the album, IMHO. It keeps you engaged from the outset, and while it’s obviously deeply personal, still feels relatable. I think that when someone pours their heart and soul into their work, the authenticity of the results is blindingly evident. Even if what is being described is not the person who is listening’s direct experience, she somehow manages to evoke a sympathetic response. That’s what happens when it’s real, I guess. This is not a ‘poor sorry me’ collection though – not even close, it’s almost a celebration of having finally sorted things out. A worthy rock offering which somehow contrives not to sound passé.

It’s titled as it is because it’s a literal offloading of stuff she’s carried around with her since childhood – relating primarily to her relationship with her mother – the abuses she was subjected to as a child which seem to have come in many guises.

In an interview on NPR she says -

"Let It Die Here," the album, is about my mom and experiences that I had - trauma, the abuse, all of that stuff. So let it die here means exactly that, you know? I want to let that trauma die here. I want to let this past go. I want to let that anger and the guilt and the shame and the blame go.”

And then “Well, I spent pretty much my whole life trying to figure things out. And one day - I don't know - it was, like, before my mother passed away - I realized my mom was never going to change. But, you know, I hold onto things, you know, when it comes to emotions, your parents. I mean, I want to understand, why did you make a 5-year-old feel so bad? Why would you hit that little child? Why would you abuse them in such a way? Why? Why?
So it wasn't about what she did. It was more about why. It already happened. I get it. I can't take that back. And I would never, actually. You can ask me right now, is there anything I would change about my childhood, and I would say, absolutely not because I'm an awesome mom. I am not my mom. I'm an understanding mom, and I'm a supportive mom, and I make mistakes, and I - I'm accountable.” https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-572...t-die-here

The music is good – nice strings in the mix and the whole is well executed. Oddly enough, I get a bit of a Neil Diamond vibe from this one “Sunday Best” – LOL – wonder if anyone else gets that? …  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeFj35V8nY

Her version of her song “Beautiful” which speaks for itself, completely … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ca8b5ZovI

There are two instrumental breaks in the album, something one does not hear a lot lately and which really provides a little air. This is the first … “Mourning” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDTGvnMJIv8

And I’m choosing to link the title track ... 



… and this one, the hooky “Feathers in a Storm”, but really – as I said before, pretty much pick any number … (shades of Fleetwood Mac here - to my ears) ... 

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #24

courtesy of Spotify



from Georgia
12th album
glad I'm not modern

single