Danni Carr and Emilie Owen, AKA Mr Cassidy, are definitely not new kids on the block when it comes to music, with both having history with popular Australian bands and being married to musicians.
After meeting by chance, they decided within hours to rekindle their love of music making, and their debut EP is the result.
Opening the album is a bluesy cover of Bill Monroe’s classic “The One I Love Is Gone”, which hits you straight away with simple but sweet harmonies and soft banjo strumming which slowly gives way to a rustic, soaring violin solo.
The title track, though not the strongest cut on the record due to its repetitive banjo loop, features Australian blues musician Ash Grunwald and is a light-hearted, upbeat song which is then followed by the more relaxed, earthy love ballad “I Am Weary Let Me Rest”, featuring the vocal talents of Scott Owen.
“Home” comes up next with stretched out simple strumming and the occasional harmony over a couple of minutes of hazy recording.
The musicality is combined with unimaginative lyrics crooning “Put your arms around me darling/ Home inside of me.”
Closing track “Where My Babies Lie” takes a nostalgic, stirring turn and is easily the most captivating song of the EP, with soft, yearning vocals telling a tragic story of murder that’s close to the hearts of Carr and Owen.
This natural, energy-filled first record for Mr Cassidy is a confident, encouraging step into the roots & country music world, and should set them up for a successful future.
