Mackenzie Roark has been playing music in and around Richmond, Virginia and further afield for over a decade. Perhaps this is why her new album has an on the road feel.
The nine up-tempo songs are tailored more for a live audience than for home listening.
For instance Rich Man is described as ”a song about spinning your wheels and learning to love the way it feels. Roark sings it like she’s lived it.
It is her second full length release with the Hotpants after Rollin’ High, Feelin’ Low (2022)
The fiddle gives a hint of honky tonk but otherwise this is more old school 70’s rock than quaint country. Their sound is not a million miles away from Lone Justice.
There’s not much variation in a familiar formula so the tunes would work ok as driving music but not much more.
