CARLY PEARCE - 29 WRITTEN IN STONE REVIEW.

 Carly Pearce released her third album on Friday. The album comes as a following part of her 29 EP, dropped in February.

The album includes the 7 songs from the EP and eight new tracks.This extension of 29 the EP melts perfectly with the songs unveiled back in February.  It feels like the rest of the chapter, a part of her healing told with all the authenticity. 

One of the new songs  is Never Wanted To Be That Girl with Ashley Mcbride. There 's no  other artist that could drive the song with that honesty than Ashley Mcbride. In her Genius commentary to her song One night standards, she described the song as 'an exercise in honesty'  and that is what Never Wanted To Be That Girl is about : Speaking your feelings in such a difficult situation in a relationship;being the other girl.

The album starts with the funny and country-rock Diamondback (cowritten with Kelsea Ballerini, among others), which has some of  the Before He Cheats revenge in the chorus. According with this funny side, [as she previously did in Liability], Carly plays with words (and with country and bluegrass instrumentation)  on Easygoing.

The forth track is the powerful Dear Miss Loretta, an empathy letter to country singer Loretta Lynn. Power is also on What He Didn't Do, a possible after-break-up anthem.

The album closes up with Mean It This Time, which acts as Carly's letter to her future self , checking that the lesson's learnt.

29: Written In Stone is the second part of the story, unveiled back in February with 29 EP. The full collection seems completed with Carly's authenticity and honesty spinning again. The extension  emphasizes even more the  rootsy, traditional country and bluegrass instrumentation, playing with some 90s country nostalgia. Compared with her two previous records, Carly has defined herself in mainstream country with her beautiful vocals and clearly improved songwriting. 



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