What tunes are we jamming into our face this morning, you ask? Well considering traffic was again a cluster of asphalty madness and political delusions are still alive and well in America, we opted for a more emotionally charged, meditative genre. Her name is Sara Jackson-Holman, and her new album is called the “River Queen EP.” Breaaaaathe … 

What tunes are we jamming into our face this morning, you ask? Well considering traffic was again a cluster of asphalty madness and political delusions are still alive and well in America, we opted for a more emotionally charged, meditative genre. Breaaaaathe …

Her name is Sara Jackson-Holman, and her new album is called the “River Queen EP.” It’s a collection of sweetened melodies with enough anthemic undertones to keep the entirety of it highly interesting. It’s soft, alluring and deserves a spin or two, we figure.

Even though the “River Queen EP” is written about love, an often exhausted topic of lyrical prowess, there’s enough dance-inspired drum beats on “Hurricane” and “Push Back” laced with subtle r&b influence throughout it doesn’t give off a draining lovey-dovey onslaught.

We’re not saying artists should drop the comfort blanket of love, but would it bother a singer / songwriter so much to pen a tune from the perspective of, say, a field mouse clawing through insulation and tangled wires to gather enough Nilla Wafer crumbs to feed her 14 children before winter? Yeah, that’s exciting!

Ok so we’re totally saying artists should drop the love thing – it’s too easy and fanciful. Heroic mouse, Nilla Wafer, itchy insulation – there’s your next Grammy everyone; you’re welcome.*

Even still, we can absolutely see ourselves lying slope-side in a pile of morning freshies contemplating existential quandaries to “Keep Score” and “Push Back.” Each has a strong mesmerizing quality to the melody and falling victim to its delivery is easy. Colorado mountaintops, crisp unclogged air and the soft dissonance of iced over snow running past the bottom of a snowboard creates the perfect affair for a Sara Jackson-Holman listen.

It’s a light album, and one that we hope translates well into her live performance. We’ll be able to see if it does this Saturday, Nov 8 at The Bluebird Theater when she opens for Horse Feathers. Tickets are still available at $15 a pop and can be bought on the event page or for $18 at the door.

*If in fact any of you do make a song about the heroic mouse, we’re hereby entitled to 37.5 percent of all earnings … and a free t-shirt.