Megan Bonnell
Magnolia
(MapleMusic Recordings)
3/5
Megan Bonnell’s Magnolia wavers between country folk and hipster pop. And while there isn’t anything particularly unpleasant about the album, most of the songs fail to identify themselves among the overwhelming avalanche of new music these days.
Bonnell clearly has talent, and there is a large amount of potential; she just needs to differentiate her sound a bit more.
With that said, a few of the songs on the album are enjoyable. The jocose “The Wind” feels light and relieving; “Broken Hearted Avenue” does what it promises and plucks at the soul strings with its mellow, sad sound; “Chameleon” provides a good balance of loud and powerful with soft and gentle.
In a few of the songs you can hear something along the lines of a twangy Regina Spektor; in others you receive just a hint of the raw power of Florence Welch.