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Carrie Hill releases Debut Album on Plateau Records
Vrassa City Folk-Country Artist said to be Empress' Favorite Musician
Nevaras City, Duchy of Nevaras
June 1, 5642


Carrie Hill's "The Love Letter" provides very approachable Country to an Alternative Nation

Vrassan newcomer Carrie Hill released her debut album The Love Letter on Plateau Records last month. The album actually got an assist in March when Her Imperial Majesty Empress Mary I Ananto said she was looking forward to the debut and called Hill her "favorite" musician.

"Oh, when I heard that, I had mixed feelings about it," said Hill in an interview after the mid-May release. "On the one hand, its completely an honor. Her mentioning my name in an interview with The Republic was worth a million rubles of PR for the album, and sales have definitely been, one might say, excessive? But on the other hand, it's a lot to live up to, and I was under so much stress about whether I could live up to that kind of hype. So, I mean. It's kind of a double edged sword in that sense."

The hard drinking, dah smoking alt-Country musician from Vrassa City recorded dozens of singles, mostly with her brother Nate Hill and neighbor Ronnie Albertson over the last five years. "When Nate died in a car accident last year, Ronnie was really the one who pushed me to go to Nevaras and try to make this into a career," said Hill. "then when I finally got signed at Plateau, I had Ronnie come in and play percussion for the record. It was really Nate's dream that we are living here, and I wish he could see us now."

Hill's music is primarily bluegrass inspired country. But she has borrowed a lot of sensibility from Indie and Alternative. "I obviously don't sing a lot about trucks or partying all the time," said Hill, in comparison to several other recent Plateau artists who have put out songs about frivolousness or excess. "I try to keep my music a little more conscious and personal. Some of the songs I do will try to tackle some social issues, but most of the music on this record is about kind of different phases of a relationship, and kind of staying true to who you are. I wanted to honor Nate's memory too, and included a couple of his tunes, and those are the more rockin ones."

The consensus review is that the record is a very gentle album, especially against a back drop that is generally characterized by loud guitars, mammoth drums, and multi layered sequenced synths. Hill has none of that: She relies on acoustic guitars and banjos as often as she relies on electrified instrumentation. And even though she has a very unique voice that sets her apart from her peers, she leans more on melody than volume, to give a tender nuance that is missing in a lot of radio music in the Empire.

Hill said she is going on tour to promote the album in July. "I think the label booked me into the National Opera House in Kaliburg," she said. "I kinda hope the Empress comes, but I also kinda hope she doesn't, because I might get too nervous."

The full album, The Love Letter, produced and distributed by Plateau Records, is available on Streaming right here and you can watch the lead single "Straight and Narrow" from Carrie Hill below.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ8xqyoZXCc]
Carrie Hill's "Straight and Narrow" on her debut LP The Love Letter, produced at Plateau Records, Nevaras City

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