Album Review: Scott Low 'The New Vintage'

Single-songwriter Scott Low will take you back with his latest release, The New Vintage which is due June 17th on 10 Foot Woody Records. This new project merges blues, folk, Americana and country into a wondrous melting pot that features ten well-written story songs alongside those pulled straight from Low’s own life experiences.

The album kicks off with the bluesy goodness of “Back To The River” on which Low’s weathered, gravelly vocals encourage removing yourself from the path you’re stuck in, examining the possibilities and getting back to what makes life good again. Nights in Low’s past are heard on the solemn “Going Home Alone” where he reveals “I love like a drunk driver crossing lines and running stop signs/Should have had my seatbelt on, either way I’ll end up fine” while he opens the curtain on his personal life on the utterly romantic “Kiss You Again” and the ballad “Angel in White.” The former finds the couple coming back together after a break-up while the latter is the story of Low marrying his now wife, acknowledging that “We both got our scars/Let me fix up your heart.”

Low mixes it up with “Little Nicky” about a gal who has curves in all the right ways, takes you to deep south on “Dreamin’ Memphis Blues” and incorporates a roots-folk feel on the memorable “Cliché.” The album is rounded out with the rollicking gambling tale, “Mr. Gold & The Jesters” and “Body Bag,” the story of a divorced man and how he ultimately ends up, before closing out with the uplifting, communal vibe of love and happiness on “If We Get A Little Higher.”
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With The New Vintage Low has an album that is fresh and familiar, genuine and real, harkening back to the old but also representing the new. If this is where Country/Americana is headed, come along for the ride.

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