This week, Priscilla Block returns with an introspective new track “Couldn’t Care Less,” while Ty Myers ponders online dating on his new song. Evan Honer digs deep into relationship doubts on “Not There Yet,” while the Randy Rogers Band offers up their latest, “The Going.”
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Check out all of these and more in Billboard‘s roundup of some of the best country, bluegrass and/or Americana songs of the week below.
Priscilla Block, “Couldn’t Care Less”
Block will return with her sophomore album, Things You Didn’t See, in October and previews that new project with another single derived deeply from her own life story. She broke through with songs about heartbreak (“Just About Over You”) and body positivity (“Thick Thighs”), and she pours that same unfiltered, poetically raw sensibility into a new song about feigned composure in the face of disappointment and hurt. On “Couldn’t Care Less,” grapples with online criticisms and the disappointment of seeing certain accolades fail to come her way. This ballad is sure to ring true with anyone who has experienced unmet expectations, and her warm, conversational tone puts forth the song’s message with heart.
Ty Myers, “Through a Screen”
Myers takes a look at the peculiarities of online dating on this new, solo-written song titled “Through A Screen.” Elegant keyboard and lush strings build, as he captures the moments of an online discussion that swiftly leads to the protagonist falling for a lover he’s never met in person. “I’ve only known your name for a week/ and I know that I’m falling,” he sings, his voice as rich as ever, depicting the whirlwind of emotions, hopes and fears that come with modern dating. Myers takes what could easily become an underwhelming topic and elevates it to a song of yearning, expectant romance.
Evan Honer, “Not There Yet”
Honer teamed with Sierra Carson to craft this introspective narrative about someone comprehending their new lover has made fast connections with his family and friends, while he’s still on the fence about the relationship. “She’s so damn invested I’m scared to address/ It’s hard to accept it,” he sings, over gently-strummed acoustics, as the lyrics detail a realization of a rushed relationship. Honer excels at making the deeply personal feel universal. “Not There Yet” is included on Honer’s upcoming album Everything I Wanted, out Sept. 19.
Elizabeth Nichols, “Daughter”
Nichols earned a viral hit earlier this year with the clever kiss-off “I Got a New One.” But on her latest, she’s hoping that “if karma’s real,” an ex-lover will get a taste of his own medicine when he becomes a father — namely, that his daughter will one day fall for an unfaithful lover. Written by Nichols with Jackson Foote and Joybeth Taylor, Nichols’ “Daughter” demonstrates her prowess as a detailed songwriter and engaging vocalist with staying power.
Randy Rogers Band, “The Going”
The title track to this iconic Texas band’s upcoming new EP, “The Going,” offers a Western music-tinged, winding tale of a long drive with a mystic cowboy figure. The song opens with a nod to the grit and determination of a hard-touring band in the lines: “We played all night for nothing, but that ain’t nothin’ new/ When you’re trying to get a fire lit/ That’s just what you do.” Filled with scenes of rivers, cactus and coyotes, the song’s message becomes clear, a keen lesson that sometimes the journey is the reward. Rogers wrote the song with Jedd Hughes and Adam Wright.
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