Deeper Well

thelineofbestfit

Kacey Musgraves searches for lasting peace on Deeper Well

albumism

nme

navigating new beginnings leads to mixed results

sputnikmusic

pastemagazine

The country heiress returns with a balanced, serene new album that draws in equal measure from the sounds of ‘70s folk and adult contemporary radio.

consequence

There aren’t any real misses on Deeper Well, and the record feels more like a dreamy mood piece or conversation with a friend than an attempt to round up a collection of chart-ready singles or social media-friendly soundbytes. Musgraves was far more interested in asking the bigger questions — and it doesn’t even seem to matter too much which answers she found. The deep dive was the point.