Misadventure
Thirty Tigers, 2020
9/10
Although this is Diana DeMuth’s debut album, you certainly wouldn’t know it from the strong song craft and outstanding delivery as the songstress offers rich, intimate and often stirring song craft with Misadventure.
DeMuth starts the listen with the warm piano balladry of “Hotel Song”, where her soulful and inimitable pipes soar alongside bright percussion, and “Into My Arms” follows with intricate acoustic guitar fueling the playful folk delivery as drums add a firm beat to the pop friendly melodies.
There’s 10 tracks included, and it’s clear that she paid equal attention to them all, as “Steady Rolling” unfolds with a bare beauty as her pipes shine with a flawless delivery, while “Signs” glides with a breezy, rhythmic approach. “Photographs”, a particularly powerful tune, then pairs DeMuth’s versatile vocals with elegant strings in a nearly cathartic landscape.
“In Ivory White” and “Already Gone” bookend the listen, where the former is a moving display of precise restraint, and the latter gets pretty and expressive with DeMuth’s fingerpicking complementing the exceptional bass prowess.
Somewhere between indie-folk, Americana and even traces of country, DeMuth turns in a stunning debut, and it will be exciting to see her subsequent work.
Travels well with: Jess Jocoy- Such A Long Way; Lynne Hanson- Just Words