| Red Steppes / A Mouth May Grow |
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| Album: | A Mouth May Grow | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Red Steppes | Added: | Sep 2019 | |
| Label: | Native Cat Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-10-07 | Pull Date: | 2019-12-09 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 15 | Dec 8 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 09, 2019: | Everything One For A Second Son | 4. | Nov 08, 2019: | w/e Rampages Eastward | |
| 2. | Dec 07, 2019: | Hanging in the Boneyard Rampages Eastward | 5. | Nov 02, 2019: | Music Casserole Ashton | |
| 3. | Dec 07, 2019: | Music Casserole One For A Second Son | 6. | Nov 01, 2019: | w/e Bixby |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2019-09-28 | ||
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INDIE FOLK-POP / FEMALE SINGER-SONGWRITER The debut album of Bay Area based songwriter, singer, and guitarist Nika Aila States who performs as Red Steppes. States’s voice is a pretty soprano with just a hint of twang. Her intriguing, impressionist lyrics are full of symbols & metaphor: past relationships are described with images of animals, plants, and places. Instruments are acoustic & electric guitar, synth, drums, some electronics. A beautiful website at redsteppes.com has lyrics. No FCC issues 1 * Mid-tempo. Mostly acoustic. Perhaps a message for a former lover. Good start. (4:16) 2 Mid-slow. More electric. A bit spooky. Strange lyrics. (3:59) 3 ** Mid-slow. A recollection of someone important. Melodic with catchy refrain. (4:05) 4 * Mid-tempo. More memories of an ex. Passionate and compelling. Slightly sad. (4:19) 5 * Mid-slow. Again, melancholy remembrances, good singing and accompaniment. (3:26) 6 Mid-slow. A memory of her father; then a conversation about art with her lover. (3:35) 7 Fast. Urgent, tense. Something is definitely wrong, but what?. (2:59) 8 Mid-slow. Somewhat nihilistic. Refers to the California ghost town of Bodie. (4:39) 9 Mid-slow, somber. She’s leaving someone. Scenes of the NorCal coast. (3:46) 10 ** Mid-tempo. Somewhat like a Celtic folk-song with nice finger-style guitar. (3:57) 11 Slow. Sad and spare. A downer of a song, though well sung. (3:17) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Ashton | 6. | I Do In The Dark | |||
| 2. | Solemn Bird | 7. | What In Bob's Name | |||
| 3. | Rampages Eastward | 8. | Bodie | |||
| 4. | Bixby | 9. | Big Desire | |||
| 5. | I Did Not Speak It | 10. | One For A Second Son | |||
| 11. | Sibley / Joaquin | |||||