| On her quirky self-titled debut,
singer-songwriter Kristin Cotts makes her mark with her own brand of well-thought out
tunes, clever lyrics, and an endearing voice that seems like it belongs leading a
sing-along around a fire at a children's camp. With only an acoustic guitar and light
percussion, Cotts sings about dreams that her childhood home was protected by invisible
plastic, wishing she was the same as everyone else, using an ex-lover as a
"Tool," and the "Trouble" her mouth gets her into: "Did you mean
to put me down?/I took it as a compliment you see/I've been meaning to get around/To
pissing off people I meet." With such a unique sense of humor, Cotts doesn't try to
shock with theatrics, or impress with complexity; she hones the elements of her craft to
its necessary parts and lets her tunes do the work. Thankfully, her wordy self-analysis is
never too trying, though at six songs it goes on just long enough. It would be interesting
to see in which directions Cotts might branch out on a full length. She has what many
recording artists, good guitarists or singers as they may be, don't -- her own vision. In
terms of her voice, her lyrics, and even her guitar playing, she just doesn't sound like
every other singer-songwriter out there, and she makes the whole affair seem effortless
and natural.
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