veryberry

Just what the fuck to make of this? A really (I mean reallllly) good looking girl, who happens to be, like, nineteen years old, and from Texas of all places, who works with the cats who did Lauren Hill’s record and sings a soulful racket that sounds like Alanis Morissette with some real fucking credibility, and does a duet with cult crooner Ron Sexsmith. Christ, I don’t have the slightest idea what to think, you tell me. But she does sound damn good. The opener "Last Time" is pretty snazzy and assertive, but I really prefer the get down shit like "Blind Situation" where she comes over like all smoldering and shit. Sexy as hell. Records like this make you think someone’s trying to pull something over on you. This Shea gal just crosses to many boundaries with too much ease, she sings with too much personality for a kid, and has way too much goddamn charisma. Oh yeah, and she makes Sexsmith finally sound like everything he’d been talked up as on a duet called "Always" that I’d have to call pretty gosh darn near brilliant. "Shheez man, what’s up with this chick?" you ask. "Sounds like she’s all over the place with this stuff? Is she soul? Is she hip-hop? Is she a folky? How about one of them thar Texan gals like that Lucinda Williams broad? Just what in tarnations is she?" I know…I know, and I can’t answer that…well, I guess that maybe I can try. She’s all of that stuff. This record is all over the place – but don’t let that get you all up in arms because Ms. Shea makes it all work. She’s kind of got that, you know, power, that charisma, and she sounds damn good. I dunno, maybe I’m just blinded by beauty. But, just wait til the kids get a load of this one… -KH To hear the music, go to http://www.sheaseger.com