CD Reviews
Hamilton-based singer/songwriter Terra Lightfoot was dealing with a lot while writing her self-titled debut: she lost a relative, close friends lost relatives and she left a serious relationship. Sorrow looms large on the album, yet Lightfoot never lets herself bask in mourning for too long, picking herself up and charging on. Lucid Dreams, about longing an old love and trying to let go, splices quiet folk ruminations with fits of loud indie rock. Heads, Tails, Tails is a plaintive acoustic tune in which Lightfoot’s pretty coo punctuates the underlying temper. Also part of alt-country gang the Dinner Belles, Lightfoot channels her rustic roots pedigree with forays into twangy pedal steel and good-time banjo from the backing band (members of Huron and A Northern Chorus). Lightfoot’s songcraft is so darn lovely it's easy to find joy in even her heaviest introspections.
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