CARLY PEARCE'S '29' REVIEW

 After her hit, I Hope You're Happy Now (ft. Lee Brice), which made her win a CMA Award, Carly Pearce is back with an EP of 7 songs. The first single of the project was Next Girl, written by Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally and Carly hersef. It is uptempo, fast and funny , with some clever lines referencing her ex songs' lyrics and with a teaching effort to warn the 'next girl' . Inspired by women of country (Reba, Patty Loveless...), the song is a cool breeze to mainstream country and brings back some bluegrass touch that connects with Carly Pearce's childhood and origin of her love for the country music genre. 

The rest of the songs of the EP remain much sadder, focusing on heartbreak from a thoughtful perspective, like in the title track, where she thinks about the year 29, when your life is usually on track, you're young and, at the same time, closer to reach certain maturity. The percussive Messy talks about the difficulty of moving on, as Day One does too.

 Liability is built over double-sense and word play, which have become country favorites and defuse the pain behind an infidelity. Carly takes her time and changes things up to turn pain into confidence. 

The EP also contains her tribute to producer and songwriter Busbee, who passed away in 2019.

The petit collection of songs have something that mainstream country sometimes forgets, which is authenticity, taken directly from the feelings of heartbreak, sadness, deception... It also paves the way to a more traditional country sound in the mainstream, like Luke Combs does.

She is in the cover of Spotify's Hot Country playlist right now and that leads to a growing country sound in the mainstream, hope it happens in the radio too.