The Baby

Samia makes music awash with uncertainty and fissures about life and relationships, but her concert demonstrated that what pervades is her gentle confidence in a way to wade through it.

With this project, Samia fails to spark the same authenticity as her first record, instead relying on peculiar songwriting imbued with trivial stories and scattered melodies.

Hickey shines in the way he plays music straight from the heart, no strings attached — save for the six on his acoustic guitar.

With Finnerty’s characteristic witty lyricism and austere vocals, Scout shines in its simplicity and uninhibited tenderness.