Morgan Wade Reckless (CD)

(Ladylike Records) 16 titres

MORGAN WADE has one of those typical, compressed, American female voices that just don't exist in our latitudes: Relatively high-pitched, but not shrill and girly, instead with plenty of punch and sustain and extremely assertive. As if made for the kind of rocking Americana sound that fellow songwriter SADLER VADIM, who is also the guitarist for JSAON ISBELL's band THE 400 UNIT, produced for their debut album in a guitar-heavy broadside sound.

Wade grew up in the small town of Floyd, Virginia - actually a classic folk and country area - but had other things on her mind than sitting around campfires with country boys and preferred listening to rock music.
At some point, she began writing her own songs. She made her stage debut at the age of 19 with a band called THE STEPBROTHERS, which she put together through Craigslist. So it's no surprise that she now presents her likeable self-discovery songs in a solid rock setting, even though she plays acoustic guitar herself. Funnily enough, this confident, punchy sound contrasts with her songs' content of doubt and catchy specifics. Songs in which she tries to figure out what the hell she's doing. With a wink, she reveals that the next disc might be more about who she actually is.