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Photo by Silver Strawberry The latest from Brooklyn's Marley Hale is being described as a "spaghetti Western," and "Dear Girl" certainly fits the bill. The song is rooted in classic, vintage country, but the song isn't truly traditional. Hale's vocals seem like they would be more at home in an indie rock song, and there is something twisted about the song musically. "Dear Girl" may take a second or two for you to adjust to, like the musical equivalent of walking outside on a sunny day. But once you adjust (right about when the horns truly kick in), this is going to be a song you end up adoring. Marley Hale's take on classic country is a completely original one. Marley Hale says of her latest single: “I wrote ‘Dear Girl,’ while staying out in the Mojave Desert in California. Writing it was a reckoning with the gap between the person I was and the person I wanted to be, at a time when that space felt impassible, and I couldn’t reconcile the t...

Photo by Silver Strawberry If you're wondering what Americana from Brooklyn would sound like, allow us to introduce you to Marley Hale. Her latest song, "Drunk On You," is a modern torch ballad with some of the most laid back slide guitar ever recorded. The song is rooted in old timey country, but with a modern sensibility. It doesn't sound like a throwback, but has the same spirit as classic country. Not many vintage country songs start off with the line "If whiskey were a woman I'd fuck her," just to show what kind of country ballad you're getting into here. "Drunk On You" is the type of song that makes you immediately want to hear more from an artist. Luckily we won't have to wait too much longer to hear more from Marley Hale. Marley Hale says of her latest single: “When I first wrote ‘Drunk On You,’ I played it alone, even when performing with the band. It was one of the first songs I wrote after getting sober, and the first to real...