Album Review: Summer Flake - Hello Friends

One of the most unsung acts in the country, Summer Flake opens her second album with the wistfully glorious Son Of A Gun.

Every song is arresting — the hushed lurk of Shoot And Score, the plaintive solitude of Tumbling Down and the slow creep country-noir reverb of Look How Far We've Come. Wine Won't Wash Away steps into '90s Liz Phair levels of fuzz and candour, both lost in the moment and the bottom of another bottle, languor waning into something approaching buoyancy. With its melancholy spiked with grit and weary optimism, Hello Friends is a winner all the way.