Only Coming Down
Kyle Emerson
Swoon City Music
Two years since his solo debut, former Plum lead singer and guitarist Kyle Emerson returns with a new record brimming with polished, deeply intimate indie rock entitled, Only Coming Down. Where 2017’s Dorothy Alice felt a bit more sparse and, at times, built completely around just Emerson’s voice and guitar, the new record finds the artist fully fleshing out his songs with a full band at nearly every turn while never losing the depth and honesty that made his music so alluring to begin with. There is growth and evolution on Only Coming Down, but never at any cost to the material. (Simon Weedn)