Something reassuring can be found in this first single from Hannah Connelly’s forthcoming album, Shadowboxing. Reassuring in that although the mood seems to have lightened since 2020’s debut From Where You Are, “Reno” is very much an indication that sonically and thematically, to some degree, the new songs carry on from where the last album left off. So it feels a bit like starting the next chapter in a book that you are falling in love with, or, for those more screen-orientated folk out there, the arrival of the long-awaited second series of a TV show…
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[…] “Reno,” the single which opens up the album, will already be familiar to some; a folk-infused, pop-aware ballad that deals with the missteps and tension that occur in the early stages of a romantic relationship. “Stuck in Place,” which follows then flips those worries and reminds us to live in the moment and take things as they come, and does so in a more upbeat and infectious style, blending country licks and rock energy into a poised pop package. […]