Midwest Farmer's Daughter

Description

Vinyl LP pressing includes digital download and plantable lyric sheet insert
with wildflower seeds. 2016 release. First impressions matter. Especially on a
debut album. Time and attention-strapped listeners size up an artist within a
song or two, then move on or delve in further. Fortunately, it only takes
Margo Price about twenty-eight seconds to convince you that you’re hearing the
arrival of a singular new talent. “Hands of Time,” the opener on Midwest
Farmer’s Daughter, is an invitation, a mission statement and a starkly poetic
summary of the 32-year old singer’s life, all in one knockout, self-penned
punch. Easing in over a groove of sidestick, bass and atmospheric guitar,
Price sings, “When I rolled out of town on the unpaved road, I was fifty-seven
dollars from bein’ broke…” It has the feel of the first line of a great
novel or opening scene in a classic film. There’s an expectancy, a brewing
excitement. And as the song builds, strings rising around her, Price recalls
hardships and heartaches – the loss of her family’s farm, the death of her
child, problems with men and the bottle. There is no self-pity or over-
emoting. Her voice has that alluring mix of vulnerability and resilience that
was once the province of Loretta and Dolly. It is a tour-de-force performance
that is vivid, deeply moving and all true. From the honky tonk comeuppance of
“About To Find Out,” to the rockabilly charged “This Town Gets Around” to the
weekend twang of “Hurtin’ (On The Bottle)”, Price adds fresh twists to classic
Nashville country, with a sound that could’ve made hits in any decade.
Meanwhile, the hard-hitting blues grooves of “Four Years of Chances” and
“Tennessee Song” push the boundaries further west to Memphis (the album was
recorded at the legendary Sun Studio).

Features:

Product Details:

• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12 x 12.6 x 1 inches; 8 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Third Man Records
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ TMR339
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2016
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 15, 2016
• Label ‏ : ‎ Third Man Records
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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