RSSGrace Potter [extended]
- This Is Somewhere [Hollywood, 2007]
- Medicine [Hollywood, 2025] A−
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: This Is Somewhere [Hollywood, 2007]
Medicine [Hollywood, 2025]
Produced back in 2008 by none other than T-Bone Burnett for Potter, then and for a while after the lead singer of the proudly Vermont-based Nocturnals, this song collection went unreleased, near as I can tell because the band found its slick professionalism untrue to its homespun ideals. And heard now, it does seem a little dated in its smooth and catchy way. But give it three spins, as I did out of professional courtesy and you might for the hell of it, and notice how happy you are to hear half these songs again—for me, "That Phone" and "Money" at three and four, the propitiatory "Medicine" at seven, the take-that "Make You Cry" at eight, and just to get away from home the highly unpastoral "Paris (Ooh La La)," which makes an admirably enjoyable five out of 10 by me. A−