Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Sucker For a Sad Song (with Ashley Monroe)
3. The Door (with Jason Isbell)
4. Dying Art
5. Hey There Sunshine
6. Over and Over
7. The Idea
8. We Could Have It All
9. Crickets
10. Closing Time (with Kelsea Ballerini)
11. Long Way to Your Heart
12. It's Coming Around
13. Jet Plane

Thoughts

I have a lot of respect for Little Big Town and always enjoy seeing them pop up on country concerts, but I realised I've only actually listened to one of their albums so far. This new one was released with the promise of great harmonies and a focus on the art, so it deserved a listen.

I could just picture sitting in a bay window, watching the rain pouring down outside and listening to this atmospheric album. It does have a focus on the vocals, the music just there in the background to support the harmonies.

There's a nice variety through it though, in song lengths, in genres. The Idea was just a bit heartbreaking - Karen Fairchild's believable stoicism on realising her partner doesn't love her anymore. "I ain't the woman that you wanted / If it wasn't for a promise, you'd be gone". Crickets was too funky for my tastes, and then lovely Kelsea Ballerini pops up to pick things back up on Closing Time. If Little Big Town are taking a shot at the dying art of making an album, they've done a good job of showing how it should be done.

The album gets a 3 out of 5 because whilst I enjoyed listening to it and it's not a one-note record, it's still a specific mood, and not one I'm going to reach for often.

Rating: 3 / 5