Carolyn Mark writes fifties-flavoured indie-country pop songs, with an unexpectedly bittersweet edge.
Our touring hustler heroine is professionally removed from straight society, and spooked by encroaching middle age, failed romances, and the inevitability of compromise. Baby Goats sounds upbeat, but the kids at the petting zoo aren’t hers, everyone seems so young, and she’s alone.
Nonetheless, she dusts herself down to own Elvis’ Flaming Star, Wanda Jackson style. Mark’s last album, Let’s Just Stay Here, pitched her perfectly against the heavier Alt Country of the NQ Arbuckle band, but the Queen Of Vancouver Island still conceals a dark heart.
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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