TY  - SOUND
AU  - Lane,Nikki
TI  - Denim & diamonds
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - [Burbank, California]
PB  - New West Records
KW  - Country music
KW  - 2021-2030
KW  - Country rock music
KW  - Americana (Music)
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Alternative country music
N1  - Title from disc label; All songs written or co-written by Nikki Lane; First high --; Denim & diamonds --; Faded --; Born tough --; Try harder --; Good enough --; Live/love --; Black widow --; Pass it down --; Chimayo; Produced by Joshua Homme; Nikki Lane, vocals, guitar ; with additional musicians
N2  - From the first bass note within the driving drum beat you can tell something is different about the new record from Nikki Lane. The backbeat feels like a gutsy strut while the lead guitar feels like a revved-up engine shifting gears. This album comes out firing, spit shining the cowboy boots and tossing on a jean jacket. It has the Highway Queen embracing a more rock-oriented sound while still maintaining the heartfelt outlaw country sound she has developed across her previous three releases. Her stylized, story-telling lyrics are all there as well as her catchy country hooks. The outlaw country sound is now balanced out with a gritty guitar and a machine gun snare that echoes the sound of '70s rock. Nikki Lane has made a record that sounds new and old. Familiar and surprising. She embraces where she has come from, the lessons learned along the way, all while doing things her way
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