CD Review -
Music City Muse / May 2009
Music City Muse / CD Review
Meghan Shapiro
She certainly won't be a
small-town girl for long. Elyse Saunders, a Peterborough, Ontario native,
released her self-titled, 13-track debut album at a pretty inspiring time.
In an industry full of artists such as Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, Saunders could eventually manage to fit right
in among the top blondes in country music today.
To become a top artist, one must have a few essentials on their premiere
album: the sweet, the swag and the innocent. Saunders has all of that, and
then some. Her songs "Long Enough" and "Bittersweet" are beautiful ballads
about young love, while her song "Try it on for Size" is fun, upbeat, and
centers around a topic almost every woman can relate to — getting even with
men. It's even pretty reminiscent of Kelly Pickler's infamous "Red High
Heels."
Saunders has a bright future ahead of her, but it all begins with this
album. Everyone remembers their first ... and she should certainly revel in
it.
