[tps_title] 20. Kacey Musgraves, star-crossed [/tps_title]
It has been three years since the release of Kacey Musgraves’ career-making third studio record Golden Hour, since then she has experienced both phenomenal success and heartache – it was announced last year that Kacey Musgraves was divorcing her husband Ruston Kelly, amidst the outbreak of the global pandemic that put a halt to any touring plans. Her fourth studio album star-crossed was therefore heralded then as one of the most-anticipated records of the year. Sonically, the record continues where Golden Hour left off, infusing a host of different influences into Musgraves’ gloriously celestial vocal and sound. Lyrically, the record goes into darker territory than Golden Hour as ‘Golden Hour faded black‘ (‘What Doesn’t Kill Me’) and sonically Kacey continues fearlessly to experiment with her sound, melding in the influences of classical music, Sade and early 2000s R&B to the breezy country-rock of America and the Eagles, creating a lush and diverse sonic landscape.
Stand-out Track: Breadwinner
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