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"Dark Americana," is how the daughter of Muscle Shoals' royalty describes the ghostly, unflinching, sometimes gritty tales that separate her 10-song RAZOR WIRE collection from the mainstream. The title song -reprised as an acoustic "bonus" at CD's end -- is evidence of how this daughter of Shoals' tunesmith and icon, Walt Aldridge uses her stark poetic soul to visit life's dark corners. The song is a lust-and-melancholy retelling of the day she took her wedding ring to a pawn shop and then "was sitting around in a bar with a guy I met there. It's 100 percent real." While in some ways the song -- the arms and bed of the barfly is eventual salve for love lost -- is reminiscent of classic country standards about marital heartache and sexual healing, it demonstrates the raw musical texture and lyrics flavoring her entire album.

The girl on the album cover, in her mind and in her lyrics, does all of the above and much more as she drags the soft-spoken "real Hannah" out of her out of her everyday existence and into the musty magnolia darkness where characters question the darker side of life. "People expect girls to be more refined. But I've been to rehab, got sober, been married, divorced, had a kid when I wasn't married, went to college all the way as a single mom."
In the end, the album is where the "dark" Hannah and the sweetly profound young mother mingle. "This album is about learning to be a grownup, learning to face the world alone. It's about being brave enough to look people in the eye and just say 'This is who I am -- imperfections and all.'"
And that's just what she does. And the listener is the beneficiary.

1. You Ain't Worth the Fight (3:17)
2. Old Ghost (3:38)
3. Stand of Pearls (4:07)
4. Razor Wire (4:57)
5. Parchman (5:23)
6. Howlin' Bones (3:35)
7. Try (5:12)
8. Black and White (5:00)
9. Lie Like You Love Me (4:11)
10. Lonesome (4:03)
11. Save Yourself (3:26)
12. Razor Wire [acoustic] (3:55)

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Met de onontbeerlijke medewerking van Motormuijs, waarvoor dank ;-)