Catherine MacLellan - Silhouette

Catherine MacLellan - Steeped in backwoods blues, inspired retro jazzy pop and sparse country/folk, the fourth album from Halifax, Nova Scotia singer/songwriter has an appealing directness and honesty to complement her confessional, sometimes brutal lyrical content...behind the sweetly beguiling voice are some dark truths and intimate tales waiting to be heard...new album, released this past summer in Canada, finally arrives stateside next week // Release: Silhouette (September 13, True North) // Sounds like: there's something in the water up north that brings out the straightforward, intelligent and irony-free to this completely engaging collection of starkly gorgeous songs...

Quote: "Silhouette is a collection of songs that I recorded with my PEI (Prince Edward Island) band in a log house in the PEI hills. These songs range from sad heart break to not cheating to death, dying and depression." // What we like: the chiming guitars and harmonied chorus in the upbeat "Stealin"...whisper-close intimacy of the lovely, instant classic balladry of "Now and Then"...drifting, ethereal feel and of the glowing "Lines On the Road"...

Catherine MacLellan - "Eastern Girl" (from the album Silhouette)

Catherine MacLellan - "Lines On the Road" (from the album Silhouette)