Middle of Nowhere Kacey Musgraves

• 1 Middle of Nowhere 02:37
• 2 Dry Spell 03:17
• 3 Back On The Wagon 03:51
• 4 I Believe In Ghosts 03:51
• 5 Abilene 02:48
• 6 Coyote 03:12
• 7 Loneliest Girl 04:16
• 8 Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy 03:39
• 9 Horses and Divorces 02:43
• 10 Uncertain, TX 03:33
• 11 Rhinestoned 03:33
• 12 Mexico Honey 03:43
• 13 Hell On Me 03:08
• Total Runtime 44:11

Info for Middle of Nowhere

Die achtfache Grammy-Gewinnerin Kacey Musgraves hat ihr neues Album „Middle of Nowhere“ für den 1. Mai angekündigt und den ersten Vorboten “Dry Spell” veröffentlicht! „Middle of Nowhere“ ist Musgraves’ sechstes Studioalbum, das sie gemeinsam mit ihren langjährigen Mitstreitern Daniel Tashian und Ian Fitchuk produziert hat. Es strahlt eine staubige Klarheit aus, die sowohl bewegend als auch selbstbewusst wirkt. Das Album ist geprägt von den Klängen, Geschichten und Empfindungen, die die aus Texas stammende Sängerin geprägt haben. Ein Schild in Musgraves' winziger, nicht eingetragener Heimatstadt Golden in Texas mit weniger als 300 Einwohnern und ohne Ampeln mit der Aufschrift „Golden, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere” (Golden, TX: Irgendwo mitten im Nirgendwo) gab den Anstoß für den Titelsong und den symbolischen roten Faden des Albums, der etwas Tieferes und Nuancenreicheres zum Ausdruck bringt.

„Der Großteil dieses Albums entstand während der längsten Phase meines Lebens, in der ich ganz für mich war, und ich stellte fest, dass es sich zum ersten Mal tatsächlich unglaublich anfühlte, allein zu sein und in einem Raum zu existieren, der nicht von anderen definiert wurde. Ich war fasziniert von dem Konzept des liminalen Raums, sowohl im geografischen als auch im emotionalen Sinne. Wir verweilen nicht lange genug in diesen Übergangsräumen, diesen leeren Räumen, und beeilen uns, zu definieren, wo oder was als Nächstes kommt. Ich fühlte mich in vielerlei Hinsicht so wohl damit, ‚mitten im Nirgendwo‘ zu sein und in der Unbehaglichkeit des Undefinierten zu verweilen. Ich hatte viel Zeit für kreatives Umherwandern und dafür, mich auf unterschiedliche Weise auf mich selbst einzulassen: Pferde, Humor, das erneute Schreiben mit meinen frühen Mitstreitern und das Ausleben meines sehr einfachen, inspirierten Lebens zwischen Texas, Tennessee und Mexiko.“ (Kacey Musgraves)

Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves
There are different masks we all wear that represent different sides of ourselves. None are solely us on their own and yet they all are. There’s the lonely girl – the blissful girl – the new wife – the daughter missing her mother – the hopeful girl – the selfish girl – the sarcastic, hair-sprayed, rhinestoned Texan – the shy girl, the life of the party – the winner and the loser… They are all characters on this record. None of them alone are me, and yet they all are. The golden hour is when all the masks come together as one and you can see, in perfect light, the whole picture of me.

In early 2016, when Kacey Musgraves finally set some time aside to start writing again, she was in a confused place. When she broke through in 2013 with Same Trailer, Different Park she was instantly recognized as one of music’s most original new voices in years; she was named “New Artist of the Year” by the Country Music Association and awarded both Best Country Song and Best Country Album at the Grammys, as well as an Academy of Country Music trophy for Best Album. Her 2015 follow-up, Pageant Material, also reached Number One on the charts, and received another batch of accolades and award nominations.

But now she was frustrated, unsure which road she wanted to take…what she wanted to say or how she wanted it to sound. And then, just as soon as she got off the road, slowed down, and began to re-focus on simply enjoying being creative again, she met singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly—who has since become her husband.

“Almost immediately, I could feel a metamorphosis happening,” Musgraves says. “I was feeling genuinely happy for the first time in a long time, and it started pouring out in ideas and songs. I had never really written a ‘love song’ and felt sincere about it. Now for the first time, I had that perspective, and it didn’t feel cheesy or contrived.”

The journey that she took is chronicled in Golden Hour, her third album (in addition to 2016’s acclaimed A Very Kacey Christmas, a Top Ten hit on the Holiday charts). It marks a more personal, emotional chapter for a songwriter who has been celebrated for her piercing observations and finely-hewn storytelling.

“I had a different mindset this time, which was feeling rather than thinking—leading heart first, rather than brain first,” she says. “I’ve always been known for my turns of phrase, for being clever, but you can wear that out at a certain point, so what other side am I inspired to show?

“It’s a little scary, because I don’t want my music to come across any less biting or smart. But I think there’s another strength that comes from leaving more up to the listener and painting with other colors—not being so linear all the time.”

With Golden Hour, one of pop music’s greatest young talents takes a powerful step, broadening her range, expanding her canvas, creating new possibilities. “I’ve always been a commentator on society and the human race,” says Kacey Musgraves. “With what’s going on politically and socially, it’s a really scary time, and it could be easy to focus on the negative aspects and lean too hard on the things we all want to see change. But it was also important to me to inject some hope, love, and color with this music. My life right now has allowed me to see the magic in the world.”

This album contains no booklet.