juliana hatfield's latest project finds her teaming with country/folk band frank smith. a six-song ep entitled 'sittin' in a tree...' was released a few weeks back and is available for purchase at juliana's website, the ye olde records website, or from your local music store that gives a crap about good music.
juliana hatfield has been one of my favorite artist's for years and years, and i can honestly say that she has never done anything quite like this before. i won't go into detail about each track, but will say that it could easily fall under the category of what they call 'alt-country', or whatever they are grouping ryan adams and son volt into these days.
some of the tracks have a very country music feel to them, with hints of a banjo and slide guitar here and there. but juliana's touch is ever-present in the lyrics and the vocal stylings. this is a far move from her last full-length disc, 'made in china', but it is a nice change of direction. since this is probably a one-off recording with frank smith (the band), we will probably see the old ms. hatfield returning in all her glory on her next album.
in the meantime though, until that next album comes, get your fix with this ep. also, look for her live cd 'the white broken line', officially released in june of this year.
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