Sister Hazel hit in 1997 with All For You. (ZOMG Jett and Ryan and their long, flowy hair.) I remember the song getting a lot of airplay, and to a lesser degree I remember Change Your Mind. But it wasn’t until they released Chasing Daylight and Your Mistake that the switch really flipped and the band officially invaded my orbit.
They’ve been a constant ever since.
(And it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t point out that they have several songs on the Ben and Marina soundtrack.)
Chasing Daylight, Lift, and Absolutely are the albums I know best, but they’ve consistently put out one solid album after another over the course of the last twenty-some years. The sound has shifted around in that time, but there is a distinct characteristic that is just very Sister Hazel.
Tuesday afternoon Lighter in the Dark landed in my mailbox. It’s their tenth studio album and thirteenth album overall. (I think…I could be mathing wrong…)
And oof.
It’s so damn good.
There’s a little more country twang to this one, but it’s still distinctly Hazel, and dear dog the sound that Ken and Drew create singing together hits all the right triggers in my music-obsessed heart. We also get to hear Jett chime in for the first time on Ten Candle Days. And Thoroughbred Heart is entirely Ryan. (I assume…he wrote the song and it’s not Ken or Drew singing.)
Right now That Kind of Beautiful is front runner for favorite track, but the whole album is fantastic start to finish.
I love this band.
So much.
That’s really all I can say.
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