One of the biggest drawbacks I have with this job isn’t that I
\nhave to occasionally listen to dreck. Instead, it’s that I don’t
\nhave enough time in the day to catch up with the numerous albums
\nthat sit waiting in the Inbox of the Pierce Memorial Archive. One
\nsuch disc that has been sitting around waiting for me to get to it
\nis
\nSun<\/i> from Lisa Hayes And The Violets. Fortunately for me, the
\nlabel has been patient, Hayes doesn’t know my home phone number to
\ncall me and tell me to get on the stick… and the disc turned out
\nto be well worth the wait.<\/p>\n
Hayes reminds me of many other female artists, namely Kathy
\nMattea, Kim Richey and Melissa Etheridge. There’s enough of a light
\ncountry twang in the music to explain the first two comparisons,
\nand both a splattering of pop sensibility with lyrical openness to
\nearn the comparison with Etheridge. But make no mistake, Hayes most
\ndefinitely has a style and sound of her own – and what she brings
\nto the music scene is incredibly refreshing.<\/p>\n
Multi-instrumentalist Cisco DeLuna is a major key to the sound
\nof this band. Whether he’s contributing dobro, lap steel, mandolin,
\naccordion or what have you, he helps to give the sound of The
\nViolets a unique and special flavor. Special mention should also be
\ngiven to the rhythm backbone of bassist Chuck Bramlet and drummer
\nJano Janosik.<\/p>\n
If
\nSun<\/i> does anything for me, it reminds me of what it was like
\nfor an artist like Etheridge to be hungry for the spotlight. And,
\nwith rare exception, Hayes and the band do not disappoint, causing
\nthe listener to both smile and put some thought into tracks like
\n“Open Your Heart,” “And There You Are” and “Everybody Wants To Be
\nLike You”.<\/p>\n
Hayes powers through these numbers on vocals and guitar with all
\nthe confidence of a veteran – something you don’t hear from a
\nrelatively unknown artist. With skills like she and this band have,
\n“unknown” is a label she won’t have to wear for long.<\/p>\n
The only drawback to
\nSun<\/i> is that it’s a little too easy to allow yourself to be
\ntaken in by the music, and to lose focus on what is being played
\nand said. “Sherry Swings” and “Don’t Forget About Me” almost get
\ncompletely lost in the shuffle between two killer tracks,
\n“Everybody Wants To Be Like You” and “Love”. Still, this isn’t a
\nmajor flaw, and it is something that is remedied with experience as
\na songwriter.<\/p>\n
\nSun<\/i> might not be topping the sales charts of your local
\nstore, but Hayes And The Violets have crafted a wonderful album
\nthat is more than worthy of your attention. Here’s hoping that
\nsomeone gives this band the break that they’ve proven they so
\nrichly deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6300],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-36564","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-lisa-hayes-and-the-violets","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36564"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36564"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}