Review perspective. Original criticism by Sadie Sartini Garner / Pitchfork.
Sadie Sartini Garner’s October 13 Pitchfork review considers Jess Williamson’s A Mile South of Heaven, produced by Shooter Jennings. The piece follows Williamson’s movement toward an outlaw-country vocabulary while examining lyrics concerned with place, identity and the distance between Texas and Los Angeles. Garner connects the new record with Williamson’s earlier work and pays particular attention to the way her singing inhabits the material. Her published argument is that the change in musical setting accompanies a more settled artistic presence. This is an attributed review overview, rather than a new Soundwave rating. The original contains the full song-by-song critical context.
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