Why aren't you listening to Robin Bacior right now?
(CBS) A guitar. A voice. Sometimes that's all a musician needs to lift the listener to a higher place.
Smart lyrics help, too, and Robin Bacior has them. On "Headless Sheep," she sings about two subjects - a relationship and an unpleasant flight - using direct, uncomplicated imagery. The result is a song that makes listeners feel as if they're floating through the clouds (but having a much better go of it than Bacior's protagonist).
(Scroll down to listen to "Headless Sheep")
Bacior's voice is the focus here. She's upfront in the mix, singing with a sweet tone and using layers of harmonies that belie a tough spirit in the lyrics.
The few other songs on Bacior's site fall loosely under the banner of folk or alt-country, but these are definitely pop songs, just with folk-ish instrumentation, including what sounds like upright piano and slide dobro.
The 24-year-old has a full-length, "Rest Our Wings," coming out Nov. 1 on Consonants & Vowels. She has a couple live dates scheduled on the east coast in August before embarking on a west coast tour in September.
Read more about Bacior here. Hat tip to @zeitgeisler.
Tour dates (check venues for times):
Aug. 19 - The Grape Room, Philadelphia
Aug. 31 - Cake Shop, Manhattan, N.Y.
Sept. 5 - Origami Vinyl, Los Angeles
Sept. 7 - Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles (with Naomi Greenwald)
Sept. 8 - Linnaea's Café, San Luis Obispo, Calif. (with Naomi Greenwald)
Sept. 10 - Sophia's Thai Kitchen, Davis, Calif. (with Nick Jaina and Black Whales)
Sept. 13 - Hotel Utah, San Francisco (with Debbie Neigher and Naomi Greenwald)
Sept. 15 - Cafe Coda, Chico, Calif. (Bacior's hometown)
Sept. 16 - Sue's Java House, Redding, Calif.
Sept. 18 - Ella St. Social Club, Portland, Ore. (with Harlowe)
Sept. 22 - Tiger Lounge, Seattle
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