Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Confidence in the right hands is never an illusion, it is never based on a false premise that is employed by the nature of the complacent, the smug or overly satisfied, it is based in a truth that a confident person offers a 100 percent of themselves, building from nothing, taking time to reach their potential and showing the world that they planned it all meticulously, took the chances but also measured it so much that the self-satisfied will argue until they become cold and unfeeling to the beauty shown.
Peggy James exclaims with honour in her latest album, Till I Turn Blue, the process of her feelings and frames them within stories and tales that will comfort the willing and suffocate those to whom displaying confidence is a con trick. The originality and pure essence of Ms. James is detailed within that comfort, the musician’s talent urges the listener to truly embrace the contentment of aspiration and reflection in a single sweeping move, a gesture of fulfilment for those willing to be held.
This seventh album release kicks off with the song Compensation, and follows through with treasures such as O Winston Link, You’re Still The Highlight, There Must Be Gold, First Kiss, Stuck On The Track, and the album title track Till I Turn Blue, and as reflections of poor choices made, romances never found or carried out, the sensitive and assertive feminine power, what is abundant is the fierce tenacity and piercing attentiveness that was evident and clear and has been built upon from the 2020 album Paint Still Wet and 2021’s The Parade.
Peggy James perceptive understanding of emotion is attentively, and keenly, conscientious, it flows like time, measured by the responses of the deft and the honourable and never wavering, never found to be off course. It is once more a pleasure to be in the company of a artist filled with true intentions.
Peggy James releases Till I Turn Blue on June 27th via Happy Growl Records.
Ian D. Hall