Listen to Scout Finch's music: she's a star in the making!

Scout Finch : Scout

It's rare to come across an undiscovered artist who has so much talent that it beggars belief no label has "discovered" them.

Scout Finch has almost everything she needs to be a major Country artist with a long lasting career.

What she lacks, right now, is the right production. On too many tracks of her debut album, excellent songs and vocals are let down by thin mixes and dubious arrangements.

While I was reviewing this album, the player kept defaulting to one track. I'm a very systematic kinda guy - I listen to review albums in track order before putting pen to paper - so I kept stopping it. But it got harder not to let the damned thing just play on.

And now, it's bubbled right to the top, the pick of the album, so to speak. "Lord Willin'" is simply brilliant! Where do I start? The lyrics - written by Jeff Batson and Aaron Scherz - are among the finest I've heard in a VERY long time!

The vocals. Scout Finch has a voice to die for, and the skill to use it. She puts some real tongue twisting lyrics over here without pausing for breath. BRILLIANT!

Then there's the superb fiddle, the outstanding mandolin, the amazing backing vocals! It's one of those songs where everything comes together just right and leaves you smiling.

Scout, I know you're reading this, so PLEASE, take some advice: make this track the default track on every web site player you have! Get it out to radio, push it to the Roots Country stations because, my friend, you have a number one hit on your hands.

Second favorite track here is "One of Those Who Makes It Up There".  Finch delivers a song with a message with the skill of a lifelong veteran of the business. It's a wonderful song, and Finch's vocals give it light and shade, color, feeling. Even the lines she semi speaks work, and that's a real skill.

"Cold Window Pane" is the one song on the album where Finch's vocals don't hit the heights. The song demands that - in places - Finch really blasts the vox out. Instead, she sounds like she's holding back. It doesn't spoil the song, but it could have been so much better.

"Power Of One" is certainly the most powerful track on the album lyrically. Written by Aaron Scherz, it gives Finch the chance to show off her vocal skills. Unfortunately, the mix lets the whole thing down. When the chorus breaks out, it should be a full on powerful sound. Instead, it sounds as though someone cut some of the channels off and there's a whole hunk of backing missing. Which is a shame, because with the right treatment, Finch could make the charts with this one.!

"Just Our Love"and "Forever Green" are fairly ordinary, but they're made memorable by superb vocals and Finch gives everything she has on "Soulmate", the perfect closer for the album. Brilliant!

On the down side (and I had to try really hard to find a downside) "Down To The Letter" kind of stutters along without ever really getting going while "On Purposes" sounds like a great song idea which has been forced to work!  Someone at the mixing desk got over eager with the equalisation on the vocals of "The Dating Game" - unnecessary on a voice like this!

But those are minor complaints on a superb debut effort!!

It's always a delight to come across a talented artist you've never heard of, and Scout Finch has much more talent than many of those who have already enjoyed success in the charts.

When this girl makes it big, I'll be standing at the back shouting: "I TOLD YOU SO!"

My View: Get over to her web site and take a listen. This girl could really go places!

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