The Bozeman-based American folk/country artist is back in the spotlight with her soul-moving song ‘ MAD’. Her 9-track debut album ‘ Miss American Lie’ is a cross-genre-inspired album that illustrates her life thus far with songs about dealing with postpartum depression, love, and struggling to make the right choices in life.
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The song kicks off with a rustic organic guitar arrangement and the guitar performance is quite dynamic, lively, and engaging. Followed by a tambourine that gives a sense of minimal underlying rhythm, the drum arrangement is fairly straightforward and provided a solid foundation for the song upon which the melodic and harmonic elements are built.
I hold on to what we have, you plan your attack
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To top it all off, Amanda delivers a stellar vocal performance, one filled with conviction and emotion. The vocal performance takes the emotional aspect of the song to another dimension. Amanda has gone for quite a simple and straightforward vocal melody, which makes it easily memorable and dangerously infectious. All in all, it goes without saying that Amanda has outdone herself in every aspect as a composer, singer, and songwriter in this body of work.