Julie Roberts - Men and Mascara

Julie Roberts' eponymous debut was a thing of understated beauty. Shunning the high-sheen pop productions her pin-up looks seemed to demand, the singer from South Carolina walked the thin line between blues and country and made it look both easy and fun, if not always essential. Men and Mascara takes off where Julie Roberts left off.

Introduced by a relaxed guitar twang, Paint and Pillows is both an extended metaphor and the sad, simple story of a woman betrayed in the home she built with her partner. It was written by Casey Kessel, who does a mean version of her own song, but it's given both legs and wings by Roberts who invests Kessel's words with a simple dignified soul that most interpretative singers can only hope to achieve.

Paint And Pillows is all about pain, closure, and home furnishings. It's a song and a performance that sets a high standard for the album that follows. And while not every subsequent song is as perfectly judged or arranged, Men and Mascara works hard to maintain the mood and to live up to the promises this outstanding opener makes. ~ Full Review at Pop Matters

Track Listing :

• Paint And Pillows
• Smile
• Too Damn Young
• Men & Mascara
• First To Never Know
• Chasin' Whiskey
• A Bridge That's Burning
• Lonely Alone
• That Ain't A Crime
• Mama Don't Cry
• All I Want Is You
• Girl Next Door