EP Review: CJ Solar 'Hard One To Turn Down'

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As a songwriter for Sea Gayle Music, CJ Solar has honed his craft writing tunes for Jerrod Niemann and Justin Moore among others. Now it is the Louisiana native’s turn to bring his own songs to life as he is set to release his debut EP, Hard One To Turn Down on April 15th.

The project contains five songs, all written or co-written by Solar and includes his current single “Tall Boy.” Solar injects a hefty (and welcome) dose of southern rock into his country which melds perfectly with his gravelly vocals. With it’s easy to fall into groove, “New Radio,” focusing on the only thing he wants in order to move on after a breakup, opens the EP and is followed by the title track which, with its clever word play, faces getting over a lost love. Jerrod Niemann lends vocal assist on the harmonica-laced “Just Another Day In The Country” which extols life in the “land of milk and honey” before receiving a wake-up call in the sincere “A Little More Time” which closes out an EP that is indeed a hard one to turn down.

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