Andrews’ fine folk songwriting is elevated to effortless Americana.
"Is that American dream dying?"
Courtney Marie Andrews asks on ‘
Two Cold Nights in Buffalo’. Where last year ‘
Honest Life’ was largely informed by the barstool stories Andrews picked up working in a Brussels bar, the songs on ‘
May Your Kindness Remain’ belong much closer to home.
Across ten songs, Andrews ruminates on the disintegration of the American middle class as seen through her own eyes touring the country over the past year. Rather than snarl at the administration, she calls for community and civility through Springsteen-style tales of overcoming everyman struggles.
Andrews delivers her message via a reverential study of American folk and country music, with organs flaring up at all the right moments, trademark harmonies and famous U.S. cities expertly name-dropped. Alex Turner is the only person who could make Rotherham sound cool, but Buffalo, New Jersey? Easy.
