Bright Day

Bright Day, the first proper album from Emily Rodgers, is a gorgeous and intense record. If traditional folk music itself recalls rustic woodland scenes tickled with sunlight, then Bright Day is the snow that sits upon the cabin's roof and weighs down the branches. The day may be bright, but it's stark and there's a chill on the wind. Rodgers breathes a beautiful desolation into her songs. The mood of the album is captured perfectly by engineer Josh Antonuccio (Southeast Engine) and iced perfectly in the mastery by the legendary producer Kramer (Galaxie 500). Delicate guitars, sparse piano and languid lap steel are joined by the occasional brushed drum drift forward, but it's Emily Rodgers' voice that covers every inch of the record, echoing through even the empty spaces.