Venus, the new solo album from Joy Williams will be released on June 29th from Sony Music. Joy Williams is a new artist to me, but may be more familiar to others as one half of the former duo The Civil Wars. That Grammy winning folk-rock group officially broke up in 2014, but even before that Joy was writing songs many of which would end up on this album. For Joy, the album is a coming-of-age album where she becomes the woman she wants to be. It is a theme that is consistent throughout the album. Joy Williams loves the artists Annie Lenox and Kate Bush and I can hear that influence on the album as well.
The album opens with "Before I Sleep" which was actually the first song she wrote for the album. At first it sounds haunting and then it speeds up with lyrics I can often relate to "I've got miles and miles to go before I sleep". I think my favorite song on the album is "You Loved Me". I like the melody and the lyrics.
I appreciate the emotion she poured out into this music and most of the album allows Joy to demonstrate her strong vocals. I would consider the album more easy listening than even folk and it can be feel a little bit slow at times. The most upbeat song on the album is "Woman (Oh Mama)". You can watch the video that song here:
Full Venus Track List:
01 "Before I Sleep"
02 "Sweet Love of Mine"
03 "Woman (Oh Mama)"
04 "One Day I Will"
05 "Not Good Enough"
06 "What a Good Woman Does"
07 "Until the Levee"
08 "You Loved Me"
09 "The Dying Kind"
10 "Till Forever"
11 "Welcome Home"
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