Tom Faia & Kate Miller are incredibly talented artists, both in terms of their performative capabilities and their songwriting skills. On their new collaborative album, Risk It All For Love, they offer a vibrant, super upbeat — though occasionally bleak in an equally powerful way — collection of songs. That was my prediction from the opening moments of the intro, “Gonna Woo My Baby Tonight,” which is driven by funky, charismatic acoustic guitar in a bluesy, folksy style, bursts of harmonica and percussion with almost an upbeat, fast-paced swing tempo — it’s an electrifying start to the album. And I love the harmonized vocals. Faia and Miller both have beautiful voices. Faia’s gravelly tone is perfectly complemented by Miller’s silky, sweet, emotive singing.
The second track, the self-titled “Risk It All For Love,” is a slightly more heartbreaking song with a sombre chord progression, and yet it’s very much the same as the intro in its folksy essence. The punchy percussion, brilliant bursts of harmonica, and wonderfully harmonized vocals are all there. Faia and Miller return to a joyous, feel-good country banger on “The Frog Song” — a feel-good country song, driven by a catchy acoustic guitar riff and Faia’s most energetic, passionate vocal performance of the album. You can really feel that he’s feeling the music. Who would’ve thought that a song about being a frog could be so heartfelt? What a fun song. My favorite by far. But, as I said earlier in the review, these talented artists can do serious as well as silly music. One of the other highlights on the album is the penultimate “You Give Me Love.” It’s a slow-paced ballad with a glorious duet by Faia and Miller — it was lovely to hear Miller shining on her own, as she often provided backing harmonies on the album. But she proves that she can hold her own with a powerful performance on this track. All in all, this record was a lovely listen. I hope to hear more from these two in the future.
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