The four new tracks round out a heartfelt story of a rollercoaster romance explored on the album
A Canadian indie pop artist who has been characterised by her vibrant, unique sense of personality and a sound to match, Paris Pick is somebody who stands out in an increasingly saturated music scene where scores of artists are braying for our attention and time. Her sound has an attention to detail and a glossy charm to it that feels authentic and exciting in equal measure, and the deluxe version of her album Third Time’s a Charm, released a year later to the day, continues to showcase the effortless allure of her appeal.
The album as a whole explores a relationship, its ups, its downs, the trials and tribulations, and it offers a lot of depth and contrasting feelings and emotions as a result. The release puts its best foot forward with ‘Same Page’, an easy-going and catchy track that has a velvety, nostalgic yacht-rock appeal to it throughout while Paris’ stunning and commanding vocals continue to be the star of the show.
The harder-edged ‘Got Me Good’ is a track that captures the euphoric highs of a relationship, melding these smooth, yacht-rock tendencies with some more distorted, gruff guitars that offer a thoughtful contrast and make for some immersive moments, while the swaying, effortlessly smooth nature of ‘Go Out and Give it All’ sees the artist battling with contrasting feelings concerning ambitions and realities and the blurred lines between them.
Throughout the album, the loved-up tracks are balanced out with moments that feel more terse and complicated, for every blissed out ‘A Love That’s Magic’ there is a more prickly ‘A Love That’s Magic’, and this push and pull left the album in a place that felt ambiguous as cracks increasingly began to show in the relationship but there was no definitive conclusion. The deluxe edition looks to remedy this with a final chapter to the album that continues the story.
There is a really breezy and textured feel to ‘Go That Way’, a track that sees the artist reflecting on everything that has happened through the relationship and looking to find some kind of a catharsis through piling through the past and all they have been through. It is a really immersive track, and one that is inspired by the kind of poignant ballads that Eagles would put together in similarly alluring fashion.
If there is a subtlety to ‘Go That Way’, then ‘Stay The Night’ is the artist thoroughly laying her cards on the table, taking the plunge and saying exactly how she feels and how she wants in no uncertain terms. It makes for a really vulnerable track that has an openness and sense of heart to it that resonates throughout, with gorgeous Saxophone underlining its charming appeal.
The short and sweet ‘Man That’s Good To Me’ is a wonderfully, unabashedly sentimental and nostalgic track that has a doo-wop feel to it and an alluring, idealistic view of romance and relationships. Throughout the track, the artist seems to describe her relationship and love as idyllic, feeling the comfort and warmth of being with somebody who treats you right and makes you feel secure, everything that felt increasingly fraught and frayed as the album progressed.
These feelings blur into ‘Pretty Little Song’, a track that utilises its simplicity and charm to paint a picture of a love and a kind of intimacy that doesn’t have to be shouted about or put into fancy words, as it does a more than good enough job of speaking for itself and demonstrating its own merits. The more stripped-back nature of the sound and the most considered and soft nature that Paris explores with her vocals do a great job of creating this feeling of euphoria and tranquillity, in the track’s own small and understated way that says everything it needs to by not having to say much at all.
