The Mess We Created
Self-Released, 2022
8/10
The Nashville singer-songwriter Heather Bond returns with a sophomore album, where she collaborates with Viktor Krauss for a diverse set of tunes that surround love, heartbreak and seduction and are delivered in Bond’s charming brand of pop.
Bond starts the listen with the soft and dreamy “Fountain Of Youth”, where her delicate and pretty pipes guide the intimate keys, and “The Mirage” follows with thumping drums alongside warm melodies that float around the indie-pop climate.
Halfway through, “PoliSci” offers an upbeat and breezy display of pop ideas that are met with Bond’s cautious song craft, while “Resist” presents a very gorgeous version of Americana that benefits much from Bond’s layered vocals. “Fate”, another excellent track, then moves with a bare beauty and poetic singing.
“Going Going” and “Feel It” exit the listen, where the former moves with a soulful, R&B quality, and the latter finishes with a bouncy and playful spirit of punchy drumming and lively bass lines that just invites dancing to the retro grooves.
An artist who possesses a songwriting vision that reminds us of Norah Jones or Regina Spektor, if this glowing and memorable album is any indication, we might be looking at the next household name to come out of the Nashville scene.
Travels well with: The Whitmore Sisters- Ghost Stories; Eleanor Buckland- You Don’t Have To Know