Farawayhills
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One thing I particularly like about Miranda is that, as well as her big concerts, she still likes to perform in small venues, similar to the ones where she began. She often chooses to launch new songs in venues like that, and yesterday she premiered "Dark Bars" in the Exit/In in Nashville. This is a venue that can hold an audience of about 500, and she's used it before for an album launch. It's in a cluster of restaurants and bars, between the hospital district and the Vanderbilt campus, and is popular with students.
"Dark Bars" is one of the songs she wrote with the Love Junkies, and it's probably one of the songs that will most please those who particularly like her slower, more reflective, emotional songs. Interestingly, the lyric seems to suggest a progression in the narrator's life, from going to bars earlier to drown her sorrow, but now going again, as a person in control of her emotions, simply to relive the memories from a more settled perspective. She says it's one of her favourites on the album, and on this showing it's looks to be one of the best. You can see her acoustic performance here:
https://theboot.com/miranda-lambert-dark-bars-live/
This was not a proper album launch, but more a preview for industry professionals - so I don't think we are likely to get more videos of the performances yet. But there are some more details (such as "Holy Water" being described as "swampy", and "Tequila Does" transitioning from two-step to waltz time) in this Billboard article, which is worth reading for insights on how some of the songs came to be written
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...iranda-lambert-debuts-wildcard-song-dark-bars
"Dark Bars" is one of the songs she wrote with the Love Junkies, and it's probably one of the songs that will most please those who particularly like her slower, more reflective, emotional songs. Interestingly, the lyric seems to suggest a progression in the narrator's life, from going to bars earlier to drown her sorrow, but now going again, as a person in control of her emotions, simply to relive the memories from a more settled perspective. She says it's one of her favourites on the album, and on this showing it's looks to be one of the best. You can see her acoustic performance here:
https://theboot.com/miranda-lambert-dark-bars-live/
This was not a proper album launch, but more a preview for industry professionals - so I don't think we are likely to get more videos of the performances yet. But there are some more details (such as "Holy Water" being described as "swampy", and "Tequila Does" transitioning from two-step to waltz time) in this Billboard article, which is worth reading for insights on how some of the songs came to be written
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...iranda-lambert-debuts-wildcard-song-dark-bars