Leah Blevins begins her new album with the title track, “All Dressed Up”. She ends the record (presumably) naked with the cut “Centerfold”. One could see the eight tracks in the middle as a sort of striptease. Blevins sings her first-person confessional songs as she sheds layers of self-deception in search of her authentic self.
Blevins is serious but not afraid to be funny in her vulnerability. Despite her resolute concerns, she can’t help but smirk at her own failures and smile at her successes. The Kentucky-born singer-songwriter addresses the Lord as “Hey God” and wryly asks, “Do You really love me like they say You do?” On “Tequila Mockingbird”, she puns off the title, which refers to a type of alcohol, her Southern roots (“To Kill a Mockingbird”),…