Rylan Lett
REPORTER
Kacey Musgraves new album, Golden Hour, released March 30, 2018, through MCA Nashville. The album features 2 singles, Butterflies and Space Cowboy, that were Released February 23, 2018.
- “Slow Burn”
2. “Lonely Weekend”
3. “Butterflies”
4. “Oh, What a World”
5. “Mother”
6. “Love Is a Wild Thing”
7. “Space Cowboy”
8. “Happy & Sad”
9. “Velvet Elvis”
10. “Wonder Woman”
11. “High Horse”
12. “Golden Hour”
13. “Rainbow”
Kacey, unlike most artist, put the softer songs toward the beginning. Normally we see the bops and more upbeat songs first, interrupted by a ballad or love song, followed with soft songs, finally closing with one last upbeat song.
The album opens with Slow Burn, a great intro song that, like most of the album, is a soft song that focuses mostly on the lyrics of the song.
Lonely Weekend is a song that dives into Kacey’s disinterest or really apathy to social outgoings.
Then we hit our first love song with Butterflies.
Oh, What a World, Mother and Love is a Wild Thing are all slow songs that again focus on the lyrics.
Space Cowboy, starts the turn of the album. The breakup song sounds like a modern Country classic. As difficult as it is to explain. Kacey makes her music feel so old and so new. Happy & Sad is a slower song talking about struggling with enjoying the moment, knowing it will end eventually.
Now we are to the bops. Velvet Elvis is by far my favorite from the album. It is beautifully written, declaring love, being vulnerable and letting love take over.
Wonder Woman is not quite a bop but definitely more upbeat than her ballads.
High Horse is by far the most praised bop, telling off those people that think they are “cooler than everybody else”.
Golden Hour is a song referenced to the total solar eclipse that took place this past summer/fall. Many things happened around this time that influenced this song.
The album closes with Rainbow, a slow song that finished the album just as we entered it, slowly.
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