hungover

Hangovers aren’t just for booze. On her debut full-length album, Alabama artist Ella Langley explores the kinds of emotional aftermaths that leave behind heartache, not headaches. The record opens with its title track, a soulful and sombre account of learning lessons in love the hard way. Fan favourite “nicotine” likens a lover she “want[s] but just don’t need” to the irresistible allure of a cigarette fix. Riley Green joins Langley on the hit duet “you look like you love me”, an old-school honky-tonk jam. Another standout is “paint the town blue”, a clever subversion of a country trope: Finding no solace in painting the town red in the wake of a breakup, Langley opts to “fall to pieces” (one of several classic country references on the record) and indulge her broken heart. Langley wraps the project with acoustic versions of two other new songs, “cowgirl don’t cry” and “broken in”.