Heather Lynne Horton’s third studio album features ten self-penned songs.
It was recorded in Chicago and features Horton on guitar and violin; her husband Michael McDermott on guitar, keyboards, piano, and bass. Other musicians are Will Kimbrough on baritone guitar; John Deaderick on piano, keyboards, and organ; Matt Thompson on electric bass and upright bass and Steven Gillis, who also mixed four of the album’s songs, on drums.
The soothing melodies and breathy vocals mean that the album won’t immediately strike the listener as an angry or rebellious but Horton says “This record is about spotlighting systemic oppression.”
The song Ten Times laments how much harder it is for a woman to make a mark in this world and she’s savvy enough to know that screaming in rage on this issue would be counterproductive.
In unconventional fashion, the record closes with an 8 minute instrumental Lin’s Never Ending Song which showcases Horton’s fiddle playing expertise.
This is very much a mood record wherein a simmering tension suggests the dreamy atmosphere is not intended as detachment or passivity.
