Heart Shaped Bullet Hole ĮP proof that she too can write generic country songs-perfectly fine generic country songs ("This and the Next Life," "Sometimes He Does") * Jesus turns out to be taller than you figured. My favorite is the finale, which is about heaven-literally. But there's plenty of salt in it, and the strictly literal words stay on topic-in "The Luxury of Knowing," which he has and she doesn't "You Get a Love Song," in which a premature nuptial yields artistic dividends "Lorraine," her mother's name and also her own "Sweet Disposition," which her mother had and she's working on "That's How You Know," a post-breakup song so painfully rendered it could be a post-death song as well.
Those who don't take conjugal love seriously may find it saccharine or some cornball shit like that. McKenna's corniest album, and her strongest. Of several believable unlove songs, I recommend "Drinkin' Problem" to Al-Anon. Of several believable love songs, I'll take the full-bodied "Witness to Your Life" over the spartan title tune. But she does like to rock, and there's no denying her eye for out-of-the-way details or her ear for a decent tune.
If she joked around or liked to party, it might give her country goodness the wiggle room every way of life needs. Sobriety can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially in a Nashvillian who claims in so many words she expects ecstasy.
Christmas Is Right Here Aīarely 30, she's still occasionally entranced by the magic of metaphor, and already speaking so plainly sometimes you can hardly believe it's art at all ("If You Ask," "Monday Afternoon") ***.
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