The thing about finding yourself is there’s always another corner to turn. The Vermont-based singer/songwriter Liz Cooper wrote her third album during a period of intense self-discovery. She moved to New York for the first time, weathered a pandemic, came out to herself after falling in love with a friend, and experienced her first queer relationship and breakup, all in the course of a few years, all while tracing out the songs that would come to make up New Day. These ten tracks scintillate with the kind of self-confidence that only beams through after you’ve aimed a sharp gaze inward – and realized that whatever you see in there will always keep changing, no matter how much you feel like you’ve got a grasp on it.
Despite its boisterousness and verve, New Day…