This is the fourth disc from Newfoundland native Amelia Curran. Recorded in a bedroom, simple organic arrangements by Phil Sydore accompany Ms. Curran’s lone strumming, leading us willingly through misery. “I’m just a Tuesday in a world of Friday nights” she sings on Just a Tuesday. Though she paints a bleak picture throughout, you won’t want to run a warm bath and slice from wrist to elbow. Listen to mandolin and accordion frolic through tunes like the gorgeous All the Ladies. The interplay between clarinet and trombone harkens back to For Him and the Girls-era Hawksley. Tom Waits is an immediate comparison, but she finds herself naturally on a crash course with Will Sheff of Okkervil River. Perfect for the Times Change(d) crowd, Curran’s heartfelt despair awaits at The Park Theatre on Mar. 10, when she’ll open for Luke Doucet.

Published in Volume 63, Number 22 of The Uniter (March 5, 2009)