![]() Steve Brown, who produced each of Bailey Rae’s previous albums and is now her husband, resumes co-production duties on this release, but it's their shift to Los Angeles and the influences of the musicians they met there which does most to establish the album’s particular sound: musicians such as Paris and Amber Strother of soul trio KING, and jazz/soul royalty like James Gadson and Marcus Miller. It’s one of two songs, along with the sublime “Caramel” on the album’s closing third, that explicitly reference bitterness giving way to something sweeter, and it’s tempting to draw parallels with the life of a signer whose previous album was dogged by tragedy. “Hey, I Won’t Break Your Heart” is a gentle, soulful hymn to second chances, small enough for the jazz clubs until its lush backing vocals – which wouldn’t sound out of place on a Supremes record – kick in. “The Skies Will Break” was surely an album title contender in its own right, perhaps not so much for its dubious poetry as for the glorious moment of catharsis it signals – a head rush, and then a moment of serenity.įans concerned, from that giddy opener, that new love and a six-year hiatus have turned Bailey Rae into a generic pop artist should hang on for the second track.
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