Songs thrive more often on extremes: desire, heartache, rage, despair, striving, longing, ecstasy.
But Kacey Musgraves has now made two superb albums suffused with satisfaction: “Golden Hour” from 2018, which won the Grammy for album of the year, and her new one out Friday, “Deeper Well.”On “Golden Hour,” Musgraves sang about the gratification and relief of blissful romance in songs like “Butterflies.” With “Deeper Well” — which follows her divorce album, “Star-Crossed” — Musgraves finds more comfort in a wistful self-sufficiency.
In the album’s title song, Musgraves calmly notes how she’s setting aside youthful misjudgments.
She’s moving away from people with “dark energy” and no longer getting high every morning (though her Instagram account is still @spaceykacey).
Her 2013 debut, “Same Trailer Different Park,” won a Grammy as best country album, as did “Golden Hour,” and she has won multiple Grammys for best country song.
Persons:
Kacey Musgraves, ” Musgraves, Musgraves, She’s, ”
Locations:
East Texas, she’s