Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac do their best songwriting in remote places and confined spaces. Caravan, their second album as the Toronto-based duo Madviolet, draws its title from a vintage motor home they occupied for three weeks in Byron Bay following the completion of their first Australian tour.
Unlike the pop-oriented, sumptuously produced debut album Worry the Jury, the mission was to capture Madviolet's live personality and musical roots. The result is a smart, richly melodic singer-songwriter album where contemporary alt.country rubs up against confessional ballads, roadhouse rockers, fiddle and a streak of old-school Nashville that would do Brenda Lee proud.