Does the indie-world need another alt-country/folk singer/songstress? Does Brooklyn? In the case of Robin Bacior, the answer is yes. With her moving debut EP Aimed For Night, the denizen of the Borough of Houses & Churches is both sweet and sad.
Opener "Familiar Road" (click to download) has the right ingredients for today’s alt-country/folk, with a twang and sway that is familiar, but no less powerful for it. Bacior strips to pluck and pretty for "Island", and goes lady-country la-la on "Tell the House", but Aimed finds its highpoint in its final track, "The Great Plane". Bare and sweet, "The Great Plane" still has just the right amount of heartbreak.
With only one woman and four songs, Bacior isn’t reinventing the alt-country/folk wheel on Aimed For Night, but introducing herself, and does it well. Look for her to follow the path upward trod by Brooklynite belles such as Sharon Van Etten (QRO album review) and others – and catch her before that at South-by-Southwest, or in her current string of Brooklyn dates, including a free residency at Pete’s Candy Store (QRO venue review):
MP3 Stream: "The Great Plane"
