Merging somewhere between the mystic crossroads of Delta Slide Blues, Roots Rock and whimsical Americana Folk-Rock, The HiHearts’s debut release ‘SWIM’ douses listeners in bountiful swirls of narrative color. The ingenious musical brainchild of Heidi Holton, Bridget Gossett, and Rene Russell emerged from a curious songwriter round-collaboration. It arrives as an eclectic tapestry drawn with bluegrass twine and reggae under threads – bewildering yet enchanting.
A mystical sacredness pervades their cooperative quill: lyrically profound as ancient scripture but melodically fresh like the first dew on summer morning grass. Each track unwinds story-saturated strands that blend Holton’s haunting slide-blues laments with Gossett’s rustic roots rock somersaults for one tantalizing tea-time concoction reminiscent of Bob Dylan serenading Janis Joplin at Woodstock.
What’s more exciting is the hint at ‘Hocus Focus’ rising this summer—will it be an extension to this unpredictably wonderful mishmash? Only time will tell!
Tantalizingly perplexed or not, “SWIM” proves quite charming; you may leave wetter than entered but definitely clambering onto their inviting lifeboat again!
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