Alice Peacock's debut album, Real Day, is a wonderful set of country
rockers, ballads, and honky-tonk workouts. Lyrically, Peacock delivers the
goods on the usual subject matter--love, heartbreak, and personal
triumph--but with a sincerity and originality that is rare and refreshing.
The character of her voice entices you and makes you care about what she's
saying. In the song "I'll Be the One," Peacock proclaims with quiet triumph
that she's "not the one you're looking for" and that she'll "be the first to
say good-bye," and yet the plaintiveness in her voice gives her away.
Independence is righteous, but also lonely. In its more electric moments,
full of organ washes, pedal steel, articulate guitar solos, and a punchy,
melodic rhythm section, Real Day pulses with a slick, roots-rock sensibility
reminiscent of the Jayhawks. When the album brings the mood inward with
intimate tracks replete with cello, mandolin, and piano, you want to sit
closer and really listen. This is a mature, personal effort by a young
artist who has clearly seen much in her life, and yet one gets the feeling
that the journey is only just beginning.
- I Hear You Say
- Get Your Own
- Cracks and Daggers
- Exit
- I'll Be The One
- My Love I Will
- Something Else
- Right Where I Belong
- I Do
- Real Day
- Secret Love
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