Persistence is probably the best word to describe the sound that the latest release from Girl with a Hawk, keep ‘er lit, exemplifies as a whole. Like a musical map of 2023 filled with tales that detail easily some of Girl with a Hawk’s highest of high’s and lowest of lows since their inception, keep ‘er lit keeps it really real with five tracks of riotous dynamic Rawk that’ll sometimes make you feel good and sometimes make you feel bad but definitely make you feel something.
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Sobering yet soaring while similarly mournful and magnificent, the newest single from Girl with a Hawk is a rousing ode to fallen comrade and all around music matriarch Justine Covault of Red On Red Records, Justin and the Unclean and so much more.
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Sooooo, we’re going to stray from the pack a little here since The Gypsy Moths have a new record dropping following their performance at this year’s In Between Days Festival and figured that a new album review would serve as the best preview before they take the Arbella Stage on Day 1 of the 2-day fest happening on August 19th and 20th at Veterans Memorial Stadium over in Quincy!
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The biggest issue for us in doing one of these “Local Look” posts for an artist we’ve already covered a bunch (And we mean, like, a BUNCH) in these pages is making sure we contain this to a novella size and not a whole novel, y’know? Think one of the books in the original serial version of The Green Mile and not the combined 432 pages of all six mini-books together. Anyway! Carissa Johnson is playing this year’s In Between Days Festival, appearing on the Arbella Insurance stage on Day 1 of the event happening on August 19th & 20th over at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy and we have some words (Again, just some words) to share on why you should make it out early to catch the live spectacle in person!
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You can put reissues on your year end list even if it’s for a record that’s two years old, right? Because we didn’t get the opportunity to review the regular edition of Blue Hour when it originally arrived in November of 2021 and kinda wanna make it known that it is undeniably tops. Also, we’re going to review the SHIT out of Blue Hour Deluxe from Rum Bar Records and A Diamond Heart Production to make up for our flub which means there’s a whole lotta Carissa Johnson music to talk about with this bigger, bolder edition featuring the album’s original 10 tracks plus 12 tracks collecting previously released The Good EP and the debut of the tunes that make up L’Heure Bleue, After Dark for a walloping 22 new to some, old but differently structured songs from the formerly Boston-based musician.
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We have a lot of those “What were we thinking???” moments over in RNRF land regarding missed opportunities with new releases. Whether it’s the dreaded “too many tabs open” problem causing a release to get lost in a sea of promos or just a matter of running out of time before street date, we’ll admit that we regularly eff up and move on. In some cases, like today with Eddie Japan, we find ourselves utterly enthralled after the fact and will occasionally go back on our rule of not posting a review after a record releases.
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