It opens like any good Western does: a slow mysterious rattle, an angelic croon, intrigue and interest, mystery and suspense. You know there’s more to the story, and you’re ready to find out what the heck is going on in this godforsaken part of the world.
A nobody on a pearly white horse arrives into an abandoned, hellish town that’s been brazen with bad luck. This place needs a hero and maybe, maybe they might just have found theirs. Yet, just as the residents begin to whisper, discussing whether this newcomer is an outlaw, a bounty hunter, the law or even worse, just a no-good looking to stir some trouble up, she jumps down from the horse, revealing a big ol’ acoustic six-string on her back, before grinning – a big wide grin, something this town hasn’t seen for a while. They soon realise this is Lillie Mae. She’s someone just lookin’ for a home to play her music, night in, night out. It doesn’t take long for her to become a town favourite.
Lillie Mae gets the balance of brawn and beauty right on this album. Songs range from mystery thrillers to burning chirpy ballads. Snakes rattle and playful riffs are strummed. Put these songs on a film or hear them at your local country dive bar and they’ll fit, they’ll fit very nicely indeed. The album flows, like a horses’ mane in the wind, never feeling disjointed as mystery turns in to joy and back to mystery without you noticing all that much. She tells folk tales about her travels as the guitar strums.
Haiku Review
Without delving deep
into the lyrics, it just
sounds great as a whole
Listen to Lillie Mae on Spotify and Apple Music.
