For her seventh studio album, country singer Kacey Musgraves says she had the necessary inspiration for writing love songs for the first time. The reason was the 'golden hour' in her private life, following the wedding with Ruston Kelly at the end of 2016. On Golden Hour the silky smooth song Butterflies refers to this most clearly. Fortunately, there is also enough room for Musgraves' typical sense
… of humor and whimsy, which makes her a welcome outsider in the rather conservative American country scene. For example, she sings 'My grandma cried when I pierced my nose' in opener Slow Burn. But for the first time, the 29-year-old Texan also allows genre alien musical influences. Just listen to the delicious Oh, What A World in which a several times-like robotic voice pops up. Almost all songs contain something surprising, which makes Golden Hour worth listening to even for the biggest country haters. (RME)more
