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Release Date: July 21, 2021
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“…Home and Baby, It’s You, a pair of passionate and resilient albums.”  –AllMusic

The album Home delves into the paradoxes of life, embracing the interplay of darkness and light that defines our existence once we stop resisting either.  What we call and consider ‘Home’ can be complicated thing.  It’s gratitude and grief. It’s about opening up to life’s vastness—celebrating its beauty while raging against its struggles.  This duality, messy and profound, shapes who we are.

With Home, we aimed to take a deep, unflinching look at these truths. These songs reflect the battles fought, the challenges survived, and the resilience found in the process—stories worth singing about. In a way, this album has been 40 years in the making: a lifetime of field research poured into a few weeks of recording.

Album Review

What Stands Out: The band’s first full-length album since 2007, “Home” tells the classic tale of “there’s no place like home,” while redefining what home actually means. Jennifer Adams’ pixieish voice and Jared Adams’ soulful rock tone match perfectly in “Rise,” a song that emphasizes that they’ll come back up together after every hardship, even if they have to “knock it down.” After Jennifer’s battle with Lyme disease and their Zeeland house burning down in 2016, the couple is more than familiar with picking up and moving forward after every trial and tribulation. The title track, a haunting but comforting tune, grapples with the idea that home is not just a house: It’s your community, your relationships and your passions that bring you home.

Digging Deeper: Jennifer’s enchanting voice continues on the track “Gypsy Spirit,” likely an autobiographical song about a woman with long blonde hair, who is likely running away to somewhere where she doesn’t feel invisible. “A gypsy spirit, a body on the run/Can anyone see her/Heading toward the sun.” In true Americana fashion, the album closes out with “Whiskey and Wine,” which feels like having a nice drink after a long, hard day, and looking forward to a new journey. The album does a great job of rounding out the band’s personal stories in a way that others can relate to.

Perfect For: Anyone coming off of a hard time.
- Liv Conaty | LocalSpins.com