Catchy country pop jams with an old-school pop-punk vocal lead and brilliantly accessible, snappy and vivid lyricism. Kevin Farge delivers a fine collection of original songs, for the extensive new album Country Love Song.
As an introduction to the laid-back and genuine project, Good Girls is an upbeat earworm of an opener, and it lays down the live musicianship and scenery of Kevin Farge’s songwriting and arrangements in a way that sets the bar well.
This album is built around stories like this, and a kind of unfiltered, carefree realism that is the likeable but imperfect vocals, and the playful switches form acoustic guitar to keys to programmed drums. We move seamlessly from surface level observations to heartfelt inspiration as the album rolls along, and always the melodies, the raw design, the realism, keeps you interested.
It’s a quirky, colourful and charming approach, and it’s both the identity of the artist and the strength of these uniquely interesting, fun songs that helps make Country Love Song a thoroughly enjoyable new album. Highlights include It Never Rains in California.
“I grew up between worlds. This album is what it sounds like when those worlds stop arguing and start singing together. It’s about being still enough to hear everything.” – Kevin Farge.
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