(2021) Adia Victoria - A Southern Gothic



Review:
Adia Victoria is a daughter of the South, a born and bred South Carolinian who now makes her home in Nashville, Tennessee. It is no surprise, then, that stories of the South find their way into her music, into the lyrics she pens and the chords she plays. It has been the case through her first two albums — 2016’s Beyond the Bloodhounds and 2019’s Silences — and it remains so for third full-length effort, A Southern Gothic. Sonically, A Southern Gothic is full of frequent juxtaposition. It is equal parts historical montage and modern prophesy, dark and light, love and loathing. Put simply, it is the musical embodiment of the relationship that so many people, especially Black women, have with the South. Indeed, even as Victoria’s lyrics feel weighted by a Southern heaviness that is so often smothering, the music is also buoyed by rhythm and melody that illuminate the best of what this region has to offer. The record was executive produced by T Bone Burnett, and features guest contributions from Jason Isbell, Margo Price, and Matt Berninger of The National.



Track Listing:
1. Magnolia Blues (3:30)
2. Mean-Hearted Woman (3:43)
3. You Was Born To Die (feat. Kyshona Armstrong, Margo Price & Jason Isbell) (3:02)
4. Whole World Knows (3:09)
5. Troubled Mind (3:55)
6. Far From Dixie (4:02)
7. Please Come Down (3:10)
8. My Oh My (feat. Stone Jack Jones) (4:34)
9. Deep Water Blues (3:27)
10. Carolina Bound (3:06)
11. South for the Winter (feat. Matt Berninger) (3:16)


Media Report:
Genre: blues, indie-folk, soul
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits