Deep Elm has, over the past few years, been relying more on their internet presence rather than being a label that releases records in a physical manner. While this is not a bad thing it is kinda sad. This new dynamic means that less people will be hearing this EP. Ryan Mallot is best known as the frontman of alt country band 500 Miles To Memphis and Kelly Thomas is a singer in her own rights but much less known. What happens when these two come together is alt country magic. Sounding like a modern alternative version of Johnny and June they carry these 5 songs with a certain heft and emotional resonance while still managing to have a sense of humor from time to time.
As stated earlier due to Deep Elm's new business practice this has very little packaging and comes as a burnt cd with a printed on cover. In a way this makes it a bit more personal it also leaves something to be desired by the listener. There are scant few complaints regarding the music. First off there are only a handful of times that they take advantage of having two singer for the course of a song most verses are lead by one while the other shows up solely for the chorus. Normally it wouldn't matter but when they do sing together it fits incredibly well. The last complaint is there are too few songs. Each song has a certain amount of class and sense of country music history. This is an EP that should be recognized as well above average and given notice for it's strong song writing and musical sensibility.
