This tension between the head and heart, between the country and the city, is what fuels Midwest Farmer's Daughter, placing it on a warm, hazy plane that feels simultaneously sophisticated and down-home.
She strikes as authentic ... and is steeped in the traditional, Sixties/Seventies-era warts-and-all style songwriting of Loretta Lynn and Hank Williams.
Price lives up to the hype by marrying hardscrabble traditionalism with modern narratives on her debut album, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter.
Midwest Farmer's Daughter will almost certainly stand among the best country records of 2016.
Midwest Farmer's Daughter is the first full-on country release on Third Man, the Nashville based label run by suspect carpetbagger Jack White, and dude was smart to wait ‘til he had an act this undeniable.
It’s an album for whom “authenticity” is crucial, but it’s all the better for it.
Price’s excellent debut wastes absolutely no energy trying to address her place in the country music ecosystem, and gets right to telling us who she is, rather than who she ain’t.
Cute country release! Songwriting can be a bit literal and to the point at times, but vocally and instrumentally this album is rich and tasteful.
Standout: Tennesse Song
Favs: Weekender, Hurtin’, Since you put me down, Hands of Time
Least fav: This town gets around
Probably the best country album of the year. This is what country music is supposed to sound like. Price’s album opener “Hands of Time” contains more emotion and songwriting talent than anything on country radio combined, and it leads into a consistently, song-for-song fantastic album with uniformly incredible lyrics and melodies. A must-listen for country or folk fans.
Cute country release! Songwriting can be a bit literal and to the point at times, but vocally and instrumentally this album is rich and tasteful.
Standout: Tennesse Song
Favs: Weekender, Hurtin’, Since you put me down, Hands of Time
Least fav: This town gets around
1 | Hands of Time 6:09 | |
2 | About to Find Out 3:12 | |
3 | Tennessee Song 4:40 | |
4 | Since You Put Me Down 4:53 | |
5 | Four Years of Chances 4:33 | |
6 | This Town Gets Around 2:55 | |
7 | How the Mighty Have Fallen 3:11 | |
8 | Weekender 4:40 | |
9 | Hurtin' (On the Bottle) 4:12 | |
10 | World's Greatest Loser 1:33 |
#3 | / | American Songwriter |
#3 | / | Rough Trade |
#11 | / | Cosmopolitan |
#12 | / | Paste |
#14 | / | Fopp |
#15 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
#17 | / | Slant Magazine |
#19 | / | Gaffa (Norway) |
#20 | / | NPR Music |
#21 | / | Rolling Stone |