Americana Highways Loves the innocence mission

“The arrangements,” writes Americana Highways about the new innocence mission album, “are made up of crystalline sound in a banquet of notes that surround the showcase’s ‘cake’ with frosting. You don’t ‘see’ the song until you cut into it with your attention. The tunes are sublime, subtle & not in your face with any amount of intensity outside of their unfiltered & fleet-fingered instrumental runs. Karen Paris focuses more on techniques that add to her expressive voicings. The lyrics are wisely provided in the package & the meanings come into focus if followed. Many lyrics aren’t the typical dribbling of second-rate rhyme poetry that’s applied to countless pop tunes. Karen carefully conceives her imaginative scenarios.”

The full review is here, and the album is at radio now.