Nobody's Girl - Nobody's Girl

 

Debut full-length album from the Austin-based country Americana trio

"We always joke that it started out by accident," offers singer-songwriter (and former Voice contestant) Rebecca Loebe when asked about the fortuitous aligning of stars that officially brought her and fellow Austin-based troubadours BettySoo and Grace Pettis together as Nobody's Girl. "Well, actually, Grace and I like to joke that we tricked BettySoo into being in a band with us ..."

"In a lot of ways, I think of Nobody's Girl as a super fun project that lets us blow off steam, because it gives us a whole different channel to tap into," says Rebecca. "But most of all, I'm always really moved by the power of what we're able to access as a trio: just the power of three voices onstage together, carrying the same message."

That "power of three" they share has never been stronger than it is now, and it's captured like bottled lightning on the trio's strikingly assertive — and yes, striking fun, too — full-length debut: Nobody's Girl, releasing here on vinyl through Lucky Hound Music on July 30, 2021.

The energy throughout the album leans decidedly more rock, with buoyant melodies and catchy choruses that often as not move the needle clear into the straight-up pop zone. It's a disarmingly delightful turn that BettySoo playfully calls "bubblicious."

"By that, I don't mean that it's flaky or light," she explains, "because I think our songwriting instincts are all honed from the folk world. But I do think that the textures we tap into when we write together for Nobody's Girl are definitely more pop."

Bewitching audiences with sumptuous harmonies and unforgettable songwriting, BettySoo, Grace Pettis and Rebecca Loebe are a charismatic force. They first met at the legendary Kerrville Folk Festival, each winners of the annual "New Folk" award. Luscious harmony singers, effortless instrumentalists, seasoned touring artists — they recognized what each can accomplish individually could be made all the stronger by collaboration.

Recorded in September of 2019 and January of this year at Lucky Hound's own state-of-the-art Studios at Fischer campus in the Texas Hill Country, the new album found Nobody's Girl once again working with Michael Ramos, the Grammy-winning producer who helmed Waterline. The sessions also reunited — and expanded — the veritable dream team of Austin talent that played on the EP. "Michael brought in so many great players for this record, it's kind of insane," marvels Rebecca. In addition to Ramos on percussion and keyboards and the formidable rhythm section of bassist Glenn Fukunaga and drummers J.J. Johnson and Conrad Choucroun, Nobody's Girl features arguably the deepest roster of Texas guitar heroes this side of a classic Joe Ely or Arc Angels record: Charlie Sexton, David Grissom, and David Pulkingham.

Side A

1. Kansas

2. Rescued

3. Tiger

4. What'll I Do

5. Waterline

6. Beauty Way

Side B

1. Promised Land

2. Birthright

3. So Far Away

4. The Morning After

5. Lark

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