Welcome Back Carrie Biell

Carrie Biell is musical stealth at its best. She sneaks up on you like the first Widmer’s Hefeweisen when you take the first sip of the third. You want to say, man, that’s good, but you don’t know why and by then it doesn’t matter anyway. You know it’s good and that’s enough.

Biell steps way beyond good here. Her songs are perfect medium for her breathy, textured voice which might seem at first a bit off-kilter but is oh, so on. She fits herself to each as if it is the only song she will ever write or perform and, as a result, you swear the one you’re hearing at the moment is your favorite—until the next. Of course, picking a favorite comes with a price. These are intensely personal songs and at times you can’t help but feel invasive, but Biell tries to put you at your ease. This is my life, she seems to be saying, and before the song ends you realize that it is your life too. Not in actual history, but in emotion.