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Your Mama Don't Like Me - Miss Quincy Album Review
Album Review
Recorded in a cabin in northern British Columbia, where temperatures dipped below -40, comes the debut album from Miss Quincy. Miss Quincy is part of a new breed of Canadian artist's determined to go it alone, and it's paying off. Steering away from the major record labels has allowed Miss Quincy to deliver us the brilliant ''Your Mama Don't Like Me''. The album has a wonderfully crafted blues/country/folk feel, with a variety of instruments all backed up by Miss Quincy soulful voice.
The opening tracks teleport us back to time when the streets were paved with gravel and on the corner of every road was a saloon rather than a bloody Tesco's express. In that saloon you imagine five men with guns on their waists playing Texas Hold-em and drinking whisky, and in the corner sat a woman singing the blues with a soul full of fire. ''Nobody With You'' reminds us that when your life comes to an end in a gun fight at noon unfortunately you are going on your own. While singing her woe's on ''Dead Horse'' there is some fantastic banjo played by Craig Korth, while Miss Quincy makes a great comparison in the form of ''Loving married men and whisky/Is like dragging/It's like dragging a dead horse around''.
''Record Store'' is my personal favourite on the album. I don't know if it's because of the sad but beautiful pain and anguish in Miss Quincy's voice or the lyric ''I love you more/Three women in your life/Makes a crowed record store''. In the opening seconds of ''Dirty Boat'', a story of lovers sticking together through the tough times, you can hear the crackling of the fire needed to keep the cabin in which the album was recorded warm.
For album that does not have a lot of drums on it the heart of the album is kept beating by the brilliant double bass playing of Peter Mynett. Miss Quincy is not a one trick pony either, she's plays harmonica on ''Dirty Boat'' and ''Bad Luck Women (ASCAP)'' and she also plays banjo on the beautiful ''Wild Mountain Flower''. But none of the music on ''Your Mama Don't Like Me'' can compare to Miss Quincy excellent voice.
This really is a fantastic album and any fans of the brilliant Laura Marling or Peggy Sue are sure to love it, and it will be a breath of fresh air from the over played Mumford & Sons.
