Album Review~~Yes Dear (Self-Titled)

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Yes Dear, comprised of members Joey Boone, Josh Jackson & Locke Sandahl, is a three-piece acoustic band from Nashville, TN that draws from a wide range of music including Classic & Southern Rock, Americana, Country and Folk.

Their self titled debut record was released in December 2014 and includes six new tracks, as well as two covers, “Rusty Old American Dreamer” and “Baby Don’t Go,” on which their stellar harmonies kick off the album. The rest of the project includes feel good love songs like “Somebody Like You,” on which they sing about being “as ordinary as a Christmas light stroll in June/Thank God for sending somebody like me somebody like you” and “Rosa,” a mid-tempo tune about a female who wants to live with no regrets that emotionally connects with the listener.

You’ll find a little more guitar and keen observations such as “funny how a group classified as a party gets to live it up on my dime” in "Na Na." “Things That Little Girls Do” is an absolute gem of a song about being amazed and in love with one’s daughter and the adorable things she does, from decorating his truck with Barbie stickers to sharing cereal bowls. The song is touching with the mandolin adding a definite sweetness.

The album rounds out with “If You Weren’t Here Today” and “Train Bound for Anywhere.” The former is a funny little country ditty about a man dealing with certain criticisms from his lady, from telling him how to drive, cringing when he speaks, and critiquing what he wears to church. The latter with its old time country flavor is about a man leaving the “devil woman” that “can’t tie me down.” It has an irresistible melody and those superb harmonies.

Yes Dear’s album is definitely one you can say yes to, check it out.

You can purchase Yes Dear's debut album at cdbaby and iTunes.

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