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HOME IS WHERE MY FEET ARE
Holly McNarland
(Universal)
It's been five years since this Vancouver singer-songwriter's 1997 major label debut, Stuff.
Apparently, she took time off to get married, have a son and devote herself to her family after relocating back to the West Coast from Toronto.
Going back into the studio again resulted in a wildly emotional pop-rock collection with several references to crying and screaming -- titles include Brush Into My Tears and I Cry -- and songs dealing with her son.
"I kiss the mouth we made for him, so happy-sad, I'm everything, he shuts his eyes to hear me sing, he's getting tired for the day," sings McNarland on the album opener Do You Get High?
But given the singer worked with a trio of producers -- Mark Howard (The Tragically Hip, Emmylou Harris, The Neville Brothers), Malcolm Burn (Blue Rodeo, Shawn Colvin) and Warne Livesey (Matthew Good Band, Midnight Oil), you'd think the sound might be more diverse.
Best bets are the dreamy and atmospheric When You Come Down and I Cry, produced by Howard and Livesey, respectively.
However, none of the new material packs the same punch as the lyrical bite of McNarland's 1995 indie EP, Sour Pie. (More on Holly McNarland)
Track Listing
1. Do You Get High?
2. Sister
3. Beautiful Blue
4. When You Come Down
5. Brush Into My Tears
6. I Cry
7. Voices
8. The Ride
9. Dallas
10. Watching Over You
11. Losing My Face
12. More