When I first wrote about Heather Waters and her 2004 record Shadow Of You I was impressed by it’s subtlety and it’s quiet moments of desperation. Heather’s brand new record, Propeller, has gone in a completely different direction. Now instead of being compared to Gillian Welch or Lucinda Williams her new material can more closely be compared to Canadian singer Holly Cole or even L.A. darling Aimee Mann.
It’s a pretty radical shift for Heather. Pedal steel has been replaced by B3 organ, acoustic guitars by electric and brushed drums by a heavy beat. This has been a conscious effort on Heather’s part which she elaborates on in the bio section of her website.
“I don’t want to be restricted by genre, or at least, people’s perceptions of what genre is,” Waters states, adding, “I live in Los Angeles. I’m married to a rock drummer. We own a pit bull named Rosebud. I don’t drive a truck and I haven’t ridden a horse or lived on a farm in ages. I might say “howdy,” but there’s more to me than that and I think the music should reflect that.”
You can buy Propeller now at CdBaby here.