Carving Canyons

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On “Unlock the Chains,” she sets herself free, and by the piano-led closer “Midnight,” Lissie is ready to go out into the world and rediscover herself. t.” “Yellow Roses,” penned with (and sung with) Nashville ace Natalie Hemby, is a sweet, string-laced ballad that has the singer reemerging from her self-declared (and pandemic-enforced) isolation – “All day she climbed, peeked over the walls.

On “Flowers,” a song where Lissie gives herself permission to be hurt but to also heal, she sings, “I’m okay. The title track is another celebration of nature’s ability to heal as well as an acceptance of the inevitability of heartbreak. The song reflects on her painful relationship with alcohol, where she used to seek refugee during difficult times: it took her a lot to work on it and realize that drinking wasn’t an escape nor a solution and she is now finally ready to share with the world her acquired wisdom. L: I think, just like anything, muscle memory, a decade of kind of being on the go non-stop, you kinda get used to that lifestyle, and the plane rides, and the jetlag, and the days of adjustment to get into the swing of things when you go overseas, and you’re immediately hittin’ the ground runnin’. L: And I know there’s an example like that that I should be giving you, and I cannot, for the life of me, pull it from my brain right now.Help us continue to keep our web content free and accessible to all – without paywalls or invasive pop-up ads. Is everyone taking responsibility for their emotional world and not going around projecting it on other people? L: No, Since I put out [2010’s] Catching a Tiger, my first big release – I’d written a lot of songs prior, but my proper first album – I’ve always co-written. Otherwise, you’ll just box it up somewhere toxic in your body, and it’ll just follow you around forever.

Lonesome wine is another amazing piece that confirms how the singer is at best when she allows herself to share the most introspective and intimidating parts of herself – “It’s me and the bottle tonight, it’s the only one who’s gonna hold me tight”. As we all know, to go through grieving is to walk on a path that is not linear: I Hate This is a desperate song that comes right after wise, mature anthems that paint the picture of a person that is learning how to move on and become better. She can’t escape being compared to Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks, but she can sure give them a run for their money.

Two years later we made the move to our present address, 35 The Headrow, where we have remained ever since. With further help on backing vocals from Sarah Buxton and Kate Yo rk, at times the album takes on an eerie, ethereal quality.

But there is a hopeful, personal resolve that courses through these songs, leaving the listener both comforted if they need solace and uplifted if they need the strength. Of course, like pretty much every person, I adore her, and I think she’s just amazing, and I love her style and her voice.I have a British friend who tells me I’m the most American person she knows, because I’m always sitting on my porch!