Catherine Irwin, Cut Yourself a Switch - 50m 21s

Tracks & Durations

1. Needle in a Haystack	5:11
2. Cry Our Little Eyes Out	2:41
3. Hex	6:01
4. Dirty Little Snowman	5:19
5. Power of My Love	3:07
6. Will You Miss Me	3:30
7. My Old Unlucky Home Far Away	3:42
8. Swan Dive	4:51
9. Don't We All Have The Right To Be Wrong	3:20
10. Paint The River Red	4:22
11. The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised	5:16
12. You Belong To Me	2:54

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Review

Catherine Irwin, half of popular "insurgent country" outfit Freakwater, continues that band's tales of love, death, and addiction on her first solo release, one of 2002's elite albums. The Appalachian, old-timey ache in her creaky voice combines powerfully with the sweetness and honesty imparted by her affecting timbre on this twisted, country-dada album--simultaneously historical, modern, and timeless. Irwin can sound otherworldly, like the Lord's minion or a ghost ("Hex"); like a vulnerable child or prodigal daughter ("The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised"); a sexy siren or broken-hearted woman ("Swan Dive"). She's also a gifted lyricist. "Cry Our Little Eyes Out" has fancy-fine acoustic guitar tweedles and twists accompanied by arresting lyrics: "All those who weep bitter tears / And pray to God to calm their fears / Falling down from a clear blue sky / Angels bear their wings to dry your eyes." These 12 songs (including five covers by Elvis Presley, the Carter Family, Roger Miller, Pee Wee King, and Johnny Paycheck), are mesmerizing. --Jillian Steinberger

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