Lou Rhodes – One Good Thing
I only knew of Lou Rhodes as the soulful vocalist for Lamb – A Jazzy, Trip-Hop group that still exists in my daily rotation of music. Needless to say, I was intrigued when her upcoming release “One Good Thing” was sitting on my desk.
Before listening and reviewing this solo album, I decided not to listen to Lamb for the previous week to clear any pre-existing notions regarding her voice and the difference in music I was about to experience.
One Good Thing is a real look into the talented writing and singing of Lou Rhodes. Many of the great singers we hear on the radio are often over-processed and don’t write their own songs. How refreshing is this album to know and understand the songwriters songs – sung the way they intended and in their own voice.
I wouldn’t classify this album as folk, nor would I classify it as blues or country. Consider this 11 tracks of someone bloodletting. Poetry in motion sounds very cliche, but that’s exactly what this is.
Anyone who digs jazzy, smokey soulful vocals will love this very chill album. Most of the tracks are just Lou and her guitar. Very honest and straight-forward musically. Her vocals and finger picking bring the complexity.
Stand out tracks:
Why Wait for Heaven?
One Good Thing
The More I run
The album comes out Mid-March. Get ready!
