Mikaela Davis - And Southern Star [Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl]

KILL ROCK STARS

£25.90

Cat. no: LPKRS779C2
Format: LP Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl
Barcode: 759656077958
Release Date: 29 Nov 2024
Genre: Indie

Five years since her debut album Delivery, Mikaela Davis has moved away from her hometown of Rochester, shared the stage with the likes of Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Christian McBride, Bon Iver, Lake Street Dive and Circles Around the Sun and entered a new decade - But it's the ever-evolving relationships between her closest friends and bandmates that has propelled the Hudson Valley-based artist onto her latest album And Southern Star--a truly collaborative effort that ruminates on the choices we make, and the people we always come back to

The band, made up of Davis (harp/vocals), Alex Cote (drums), Cian McCarthy (guitars/vocals), Shane McCarthy (bass/ vocals) and Kurt Johnson (steel guitar), have been playing together for over a decade and it's the frst time they've appeared on a full length record together. Weaving 60s pop- soaked melodies, psychedelia and driving folk rock, And Southern Star picks apart the refection we used to recognise, while trying to build a new one.

It navigates the periphery of past selves, the coexistence of isolation and excitement in a new environment and the tension of growing away from what we thought we wanted, tackling it with a luscious, kaleidoscopic grace. "I fnally feel like this album is more me than anything else that's been released," Davis says, adding that producing the album along with her four bandmates allowed them to carve out their own ideas, rather than someone else's. It's the band's collective step into adulthood that has informed much of And Southern Star's thematic landscape.

Packaging: LP, Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl, Printed Inner Sleeve w/ Lyrics

Tracks: Cinderella / Home In The Country / One Of These Days / Promise / The Pearl / Saturday Morning / Far From You / Don't Stop Now / Leave It Alone