Boomerang Town
Thirty Tigers, 2023
8/10
The sophomore album from the country-folk songstress Jaimee Harris, Boomerang Town explores the generational arc of family, the grip of addiction and the commonalities that hold us together as humans across these 10 thoughtful tracks.
Harris puts the title track in the lead off position, where her warm acoustic guitar and pretty voice makes for a gentle, expressive folk climate, and “Sam’s” follows with a darker spirit of vivid storytelling that’s hypnotic in its intimate presence.
“On The Surface” arrives at the halfway point, and showcases the powerful vocals amid the crisp drums and stirring strings of the lush album highlight, while “Good Morning, My Love” is a bare, romantic display of poetic, timeless song craft.
Nearing the end, “Love Is Gonna Come Again” spotlights Harris’ gripping voice alongside the agile guitar playing that benefits from gentle piano, and “Missing Someone” exits the listen with a fuller vision of upbeat, rhythmic and melodic folk-rock.
The groundwork for the album began in 2016, when Harris lost several musician friends, and the shifting political landscape only added to the fodder for these small town anthems, observations and ballads.
Travels well with: Tiffany Williams- All Those Days Of Drinking Dust; Barrett Davis- The Ballad Of Aesop Fin