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Ladybird – Amy Come on Home

Ladybird’s Amy Come on Home is a lovely little country record, striking a balance between clean and gritty as acoustic guitars blend with gorgeous lap steels and crunchy lead lines overtop a rhythm section that sounds capable of propelling a trucker convoy across the country. Ladybird get in and out in just over a half hour on Amy Come on Home, but are able to pack a lot into that runtime, ranging from the Gaslight-Anthem-with-twang “Kemp Lake,” to the more delicate “My Worried Heart,” to the hard drinking and hard rocking “Rollin’ and Ramblin’,” to the goofy Chuck Berry style ripper “Short King Shuffle,” to the lighthearted rag “Fight Song,” to the closer awash in references to cheap beer.

Disappointing / Average / Good / Great / Phenomenal

Aaron Eisenreich

The Alternative

5.31.2024