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Look Long, 2020
Written by Amy Ray
This track is presented like a memoir of Ray's rural tomboy days: riding horses and motorcycles, heading down to the ol' fishing hole, swaggering past the men loitering at Dean Brown’s gas store. "Get a load of that tomboy, kid." But it’s no misty ballad of the halcyon days; the song comes with grit. There’s a touch of Steve Earle's piss-and-vinegar defiance, wrapped in a moody echo that gives the whole thing a slightly darker edge. Musically, it rides a steady, earthy groove: twangy guitars, unfussy drums, and just enough atmosphere to keep it from sounding nostalgic or quaint.