Kacey Musgraves hates goodbyes, but on "Deeper Well," the title track of her forthcoming album, she learns that parting is such sweet sorrow. She's quitting weed and quoting Emmylou Harris.
She has no problem letting go if it means brighter horizons ahead. So farewell, soul suckers. So long, dark energy. And goodbye, gravity bong, writes Pitchfork.
With a folky nod to the Emmylou Harris song by the same title, Musgraves catalogs the habits she's ready to leave behind and surrenders to a new reservoir of enlightenment and replenishment. As if roused from a cannabis-induced slumber, this modern-day Sleeping Beauty finds herself in the heart of the forest without ever leaving the city: "Everything I did seemed better when I was high/I don't know why," she sings, accompanied by an acoustic guitar that's punctuated by ethereal water droplets. Her voice winds through the verses and softly recedes into an ambient spell. She's going down-do we dare to follow?
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Cardinal
2. Deeper Well
3. Too Good to be True
4. Moving Out
5. Giver / Taker
6. Sway
7. Dinner with Friends
Side B
8. Heart of the Woods
9. Jade Green
10. The Architect
11. Lonely Millionaire
12. Heaven Is
13. Anime Eyes
14. Nothing to be Scared Of