Leah Blevins, singer-songwriter from Sandy Hook, Kentucky, announced her Dan Auerbach-produced album with the release of today's title track, "All Dressed Up." Blevins' sweet voice delivers both the wide-eyed anticipation and the raw disappointment of being forsaken. With a slow shuffle, stitched together with some exquisite electric guitars, the soul-searching ballad that explores unwanted realities is a stoic’s reckoning – and a classic tavern kind of country weeper from a time long, long ago. Auerbach leaves plenty of room for the acoustic guitar’s strum to spread out, the drums and bass to offer an elegant sweep that moves the track forward with dignity.
"There are all kinds of emotions in this world, and the best songs are a tangle of sometimes opposite feelings. 'All Dressed Up' is that hopeful, wonderful feeling of being completely in love – and how wrecking it can be when you realize how far from that reality you are," says Blevins. "When you realize you're a fool, well, that's what the chorus is all about."
Blevins was raised on the classic bluegrass-stained Kentucky hard country of Loretta Lynn, Patty Loveless, Dwight Yoakam and fellow Sandy Hook native Keith Whitley, "All Dressed Up" suggests a reckoning of country's roots and depth of emotions that has been missing from the genre.
"I write what I feel, what I think other people feel, too. Dan is someone who gets there's more to a song than what’s on the surface. He's not afraid to leave room on the tracks for the emotions to spread out and really color the recording. As a co-writer and producer, he creates something that is almost beyond honest, which I love."
