Album
of the
Week:
CF Watkins
-- Babygirl
CF
Watkins has found that sweet spot between pop and Americana -- a
brass ring that many recent artists have shot at and missed the
mark. It helps that Watkins’ lyrics are astute and journalistic in
their approach to detail. If you put them down on paper, these
would be intricate and observant character studies of women and
girls on the precipice of society’s expectations.
Watkins brings a distinctly feminine perspective to her
songs: these are stories of women -- specifically -- bound up in
the expectations of others. Women who fearfully, casually, or
confidently slash those bonds. Babygirl
reminds me of Erin Rae’s
stunning Putting
on Airs: the
observations of someone who takes pleasure seeing just how far
outside the lines she can color while proudly resisting the
instructions in the first place.
-
Natalie Schlabs -- “Eye of the Storm” (Don’t Look Too
Close)
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CF
Watkins
-- “Come
Around”
(Babygirl)
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WRENN
-- “Maggie Gyllenhaal” (Single)
-
Gim
Kordon -- “Joskus mä pelkään” (Single)
-
Jerry
Castle -- “Worried Man” (Midnight Testaments)
-
William Elliott Whitmore -- “Put it To Use” (I’m With
You)
-
Jonas
Friddle -- “Under the Weather” (Single)
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Proud
Country -- “Small Town U.S.A” (Single)
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Hayeden Leenhouts -- “The Band” (216
Miles)
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Mink’s Miracle Medicine -- “Beautiful Losers” (Thumbs
Up Angel)
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Dead
Nettles -- “If Drowning…” (Single)
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Will
Hawkins -- “Punching Walls in Flats and Rentals”
(Single)
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John
K Samson -- “Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World”
(Single)
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St.
Ove -- “See You Later” (Single)
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The
Belle Curves -- “Waltzing Will” (Single)