Aly Cook – Midnight Cowboys
Labels: Rodeo Records
Number of Tracks: 1
Total Time: 3:21
From the Album: Horseshoe Rodeo Hotel
Formats: Country
Available Date & Time: October 22, 2015 06:30 PM ET
Country: USA
Review Quotes from Horseshoe Rodeo Hotel "If there’s one part of the album that stands out it is the song writing" – Chris Parry Fatea Magazine UK
"Take the word "country" out of the equation if it troubles you and just immerse yourself in Cook’s considerable gifts" – Graham Reid Elsewhere
"She’s made an impressive record of songs that reflect on some of those miles she’s travelled" – Nick Bollinger Radio New Zealand
Written by Alan Jansson (co-writer/producer of global smash Hit OMC’s How Bizarre) and Brent Hayward, the artist who painted the dynamic pop art cover of Aly Cooks Horseshoe Rodeo Hotel album. This Eclectic track’s pulsing beat with rhythmic fiddle from Nik Brown (TheWarratahs), ethereal slide guitar from Three Dog Night’s Paul Kingery and distinctive haunting harmonica from the late Graham Brazier (Hello Sailor). Conjures the image of the lone cowboy in the desert.
Complex but simple, Cook’s smooth, seem less, understated delivery of the vocal, on the song’s quirky but deep lyric, is both refreshing and memorable. Creating an idiosyncratic new sound, with its melding of country, blues and easy listening pop flavours, making the song difficult to define as genre specific. Much in the same manner as How Bizarre, although quite different, definitely has Jansson’s radio friendly stamp and unique writing style.
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