Deeper Well: Deeper into the Well Kacey Musgraves

• 1 Cardinal 03:11
• 2 Deeper Well 03:52
• 3 Too Good to be True 02:40
• 4 Moving Out 03:09
• 5 Giver / Taker 03:10
• 6 Sway 03:11
• 7 Dinner with Friends 02:57
• 8 Heart of the Woods 02:16
• 9 Jade Green 02:58
• 10 The Architect 02:57
• 11 Lonely Millionaire 03:06
• 12 Heaven Is 02:44
• 13 Anime Eyes 03:18
• 14 Nothing to be Scared Of 02:33
• 15 Ruthless 03:25
• 16 Little Sister 03:03
• 17 Flower Child 02:38
• 18 Superbloom 03:02
• 19 Perfection 02:56
• 20 Arm's Length 03:58
• 21 Irish Goodbye 02:19
• Total Runtime 01:03:23

Info for Deeper Well: Deeper into the Well

Die siebenfache Grammy-Preisträgerin und Singer-Songwriterin Kacey Musgraves kündigt die Veröffentlichung von Deeper into the Well an, der erweiterten Version ihres von der Kritik gefeierten neuen Albums Deeper Well, das am 2. August bei Interscope / MCA Nashville erscheint. Deeper into the Well wird 7 zusätzliche Tracks enthalten, darunter auch "Irish Goodbye", das bereits erschienen ist. Kacey hatte den Song bereits im April zum Auftakt ihrer Deeper Well World Tour in Dublin, Irland, präsentiert. Deeper into the Well kann ab sofort vorbestellt werden und enthält Kollaborationen mit Leon Bridges bei "Superbloom" und Tiny Habits bei "Perfection" (siehe unten).

Deeper Well ist der Nachfolger von Musgraves' Album star-crossed aus dem Jahr 2021, das auf Platz 1 der Billboard Top Albums Sales Charts debütierte und von der Kritik hoch gelobt wurde. star-crossed ist der Nachfolger von Musgraves' bahnbrechendem Album Golden Hour aus dem Jahr 2018, das Kacey ihr drittes #1-Debüt in den Billboard Top Country Album Charts einbrachte und sie als erst dritte Künstlerin überhaupt bei den Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards und Academy of Country Music Awards als Album des Jahres auszeichnete.

Im Jahr 2023 erreichte Musgraves mit "I Remember Everything", einem Duett mit Zach Bryan, erstmals Platz 1 der Hot 100 Charts. "I Remember Everything" ist das erste Country-Musik-Duett seit 40 Jahren seit Dolly Partons und Kenny Rogers' "Islands in the Stream" (1983), das diese Platzierung erreicht. "I Remember Everything" wurde bei der 66. jährlichen Verleihung Anfang dieser Woche mit dem Grammy Award für den besten Country-Song eines Duos oder einer Gruppe ausgezeichnet. Damit ist Musgraves die einzige Künstlerin in der Geschichte, die einen Grammy Award für das beste Country-Album, den besten Country-Song, die beste Country-Solodarbietung und die beste Country-Duo- oder Gruppen-Darbietung erhalten hat.

Klanglich ist das Album eine Sammlung von selbst beschriebenen "klassischen Songs", die "härtere" Klänge und Synthesizer beinhalten, ein paar "weichere Songs" und den Einfluss, zu "[einem] organischen, hölzernen Instrumentenplatz zurückzukehren und einfach keine Schläge zu machen."

"Deeper Well" ist der 14-Track-Nachfolger von Musgraves' von der Kritik gefeiertem Album "star-crossed" aus dem Jahr 2021 und einem vergangenen Jahr, in dem sie mit dem Grammy-Gewinner (Bester Country-Song eines Duos oder einer Gruppe) "I Remember Everything", einem Duett mit Zach Bryan, ihre erste Nummer 1 in den Billboard Hot 100 Charts erreichte. Es ist das erste Country-Musik-Duett seit Dolly Parton und Kenny Rogers' "Islands in the Stream" aus dem Jahr 1983, das diese Platzierung erreicht hat.

Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves
There are different masks we all wear that represent different sides of ourselves. None are solely us on their own and yet they all are. There’s the lonely girl – the blissful girl – the new wife – the daughter missing her mother – the hopeful girl – the selfish girl – the sarcastic, hair-sprayed, rhinestoned Texan – the shy girl, the life of the party – the winner and the loser… They are all characters on this record. None of them alone are me, and yet they all are. The golden hour is when all the masks come together as one and you can see, in perfect light, the whole picture of me.

In early 2016, when Kacey Musgraves finally set some time aside to start writing again, she was in a confused place. When she broke through in 2013 with Same Trailer, Different Park she was instantly recognized as one of music’s most original new voices in years; she was named “New Artist of the Year” by the Country Music Association and awarded both Best Country Song and Best Country Album at the Grammys, as well as an Academy of Country Music trophy for Best Album. Her 2015 follow-up, Pageant Material, also reached Number One on the charts, and received another batch of accolades and award nominations.

But now she was frustrated, unsure which road she wanted to take…what she wanted to say or how she wanted it to sound. And then, just as soon as she got off the road, slowed down, and began to re-focus on simply enjoying being creative again, she met singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly—who has since become her husband.

“Almost immediately, I could feel a metamorphosis happening,” Musgraves says. “I was feeling genuinely happy for the first time in a long time, and it started pouring out in ideas and songs. I had never really written a ‘love song’ and felt sincere about it. Now for the first time, I had that perspective, and it didn’t feel cheesy or contrived.”

The journey that she took is chronicled in Golden Hour, her third album (in addition to 2016’s acclaimed A Very Kacey Christmas, a Top Ten hit on the Holiday charts). It marks a more personal, emotional chapter for a songwriter who has been celebrated for her piercing observations and finely-hewn storytelling.

“I had a different mindset this time, which was feeling rather than thinking—leading heart first, rather than brain first,” she says. “I’ve always been known for my turns of phrase, for being clever, but you can wear that out at a certain point, so what other side am I inspired to show?

“It’s a little scary, because I don’t want my music to come across any less biting or smart. But I think there’s another strength that comes from leaving more up to the listener and painting with other colors—not being so linear all the time.”

With Golden Hour, one of pop music’s greatest young talents takes a powerful step, broadening her range, expanding her canvas, creating new possibilities. “I’ve always been a commentator on society and the human race,” says Kacey Musgraves. “With what’s going on politically and socially, it’s a really scary time, and it could be easy to focus on the negative aspects and lean too hard on the things we all want to see change. But it was also important to me to inject some hope, love, and color with this music. My life right now has allowed me to see the magic in the world.”

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