Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well | Song Review 🎵

Grammy-winning country musician Kacey Musgraves provides deep reflection on “Deeper Well,” the title track and promo single from her sixth studio LP.

“My Saturn has returned / When I turned twenty-seven / Everything started to change.” Oh, really? Grammy-winning country artist Kacey Musgraves serves up hypnotic vibes on her first single of 2024, “Deeper Well”. “Deeper Well” appears as the promo single and second track from her sixth studio album, Deeper Well (arrives March 15, 2024).  Deeper Well serves as the follow-up to her 2021 album, star-crossed.  Musgraves wrote and produced “Deeper Well” alongside Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk.

“Deeper Well” feels and sounds like a Kacey Musgraves song from the jump. She’s accompanied by a simple backdrop, led by rhythmic acoustic guitars, bass, and light drums.  During the chorus, there are some additional, colorful music cues, but they’re presented with subtlety. Musgraves delivers her typical calm, cool, and collected vocal performance, sounding as if she never breaks a sweat.  While she’s a reserved vocalist, her tone is beautiful.  Furthermore, when her vocals are harmonized, the radiance is even more pronounced.  Furthermore, Kacey works with tuneful melodies, both in the verses and the chorus.  Additionally, the songwriting is reflective, signaled by the excerpted first verse.  Furthermore, there are even more interesting lyrics: “I used to wake and bake / Roll out of bed, hit the gravity bong that I made /… Everything that I did seemed better when I was high / I don’t know why.” Word… Of course, the chorus is the centerpiece:

“So, I’m getting’ rid of the habits that I feel

Are real good at wastin’ my time

No regrets, baby, I just think that maybe

It’s natural when things lose their shine

…I found a deeper well.”

A mature song from a maturing, evolving artist feels right.  All told, “Deeper Well” marks another winner from Kacey Musgraves.

Kacey Musgraves // Deeper Well // Interscope / MCA Nashville // 3.15.24

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