Kacy Crowley’s CD, Moodswing, was one of our first favorite picks for the website – an instant rock and roll charmer.
“New England native Kacy Crowley's songs are both fiercely unapologetic and bravely tender, a combination of poetic insight and simple observation that has won over the hearts of fans… Crowley, currently based in Austin, blew onto the radar in 1997 after Atlantic Records released her debut, Anchorless. Buoyed by critical praise from Billboard, Time, USA Today and Vanity Fair, she toured the United States and Canada, joined the Lilith Fair…she left the label to regroup, study French and record last year's independently released, Jon Dee Graham-produced Moodswing. The album's aptly titled single "Kind of Perfect" was named the No. 9 song of the year by Austin's KGSR 107.1 FM, while Rockergrl Magazine praised Crowley as ‘a gravely-voiced heroine whose songs are a joy to listen to.’ ” News 8 Austin.
Produced by famed Austin producer and artist Jon Dee Graham (Patti Smyth, Michelle Shocked, The Gourds, and John Doe, among others), Moodswing fulfills the promise so many fans and critics felt from Anchorless, revealing a songwriter who has truly found her voice, and a voice that has found it's mark.
As Kacy explains, "I think this record is a very natural progression from Anchorless. I had ten years to write that record, but with this latest project, my experience was packed into a shorter time span and I think that makes Moodswing a more potent record. Both records at their core are about surviving one's emotional life and in many ways I'm the same messy, torn-up kid as I've always been, but also I'm different now and so Moodswing is different. It's better. My experience in the music business has made me less of a cynic and given me a kinder view of music. I see the fragility of an artist's expression now, and that fragility is its strength."
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