She pours herself into the glistening "Love Is All There Is" for a heart wrenching break-up song about the loneliness at the end of a relationship. Brutally honest lines, like, "I'm afraid some long lonely road / Will lead me back to you again", jab in the verses while the soaring hook celebrates his absence.
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Cautiously happy with her sudden freedom, "Now That You're Gone" is a fantastic post-breakup gem full of entangled electric and acoustic guitars and swelling strings in support of Crow's aching vocals. Even the seemingly innocuous love songs feel defiantly personal this time around. No song feels as personal and emotional as the haunting "Make It Go Away", with a pleading conclusion that will haunt you long after over. When not taking on the world's issues, Crow takes a look at her own life experiences for inspiration on songs like the churning lap-steel and organ fuelled "Diamond Ring", practically throwing the titular item back at her ex, "Diamonds may be sweet / But to me they just bring on cold feet". She turns a sharply critical eye towards the idolization of spoiled rich kids and their 'get everything free' lifestyle on the stinging bounce of acoustic "Motivation". A twangy gleam fights through the dark, moody edge of "Shine Over Babylon", signaling the end of the world. She takes on the war's reasoning on the home-recorded lo-fi acoustic strummer "God Bless This Mess" with, "The President spoke words of comfort with teardrops in his eyes / Then he led us, as a nation, into a war based on lies". She takes on world peace with mysterious middle-eastern vibe on "Peace Be Upon Us", sounding something of a clone of Prince's "Thieves In The Temple", with the repetitive, bland hook dragging down what is otherwise a compelling English-Arabic duet. It is better in theory than execution, as the shout-a-long hook and the spoken verses fail to mix well.
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Spirited spoken-word verses lead listeners to the year 2017 on sixties-inspired guitar and organ shimmy "Gasoline", where the people of the world unite and attack the oil fields demanding free petrol. Sure, they are here too, but hard looks at politics, war, and survival far outnumber them. After some rough recent years, including a broken-off engagement and a battle with cancer, Crow has more on her mind at this point than men and drinking. In many ways, Crow's latest feels like a weathered response to the carefree innocence of her fantastic, free spirited debut. The hard-living, drink-all-night, sleep-all-day sunny tone has certainly come and gone, but the homespun, soul-baring charm of Crow is back. The album might be a thematic detour, but sonically, Bottrell and Crow pull a u-turn returning her to the rustic acoustic twang that made her debut so irresistible.
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