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"Another new one coming to life."
One of Americana and country music's most promising young talents, Noeline Hofmann, has shared yet another snippet from what we can only hope will eventually be her debut, full-length record.
Titled 'Trouble,' the Alberta-bred songwriter muses on what seems to be her complicated relationship with getting herself into hairy situations.
Armed with just her trusty acoustic guitar, Hofmann's eerily mesmerizing southern drawl soars, almost invoking a little lullaby about growing older and wiser, yet still holding on those memories made in the reckless days of your youth.
"We shot bullets through the 'Rural Crime Watch Area' sign / Flying down the 879, it was a drive-by / Don't ask me why we did it, your guess is as good as mine / Just making up trouble where trouble was hard to find," she croons before recounting a few more of the bold choices made in years gone by and diving further into why the idea of trouble no longer appeals to her.
"Oh trouble, I used to want you / Like a denim daddy in the dash light being straddled / Being dared to take the lead / By an unbuttoned back seat queen in blue jeans / Oh trouble, loved how you'd tease me / Before you'd take me all the way too far / Trouble, I'd wake with you on / My mind the times you'd let me sleep at all."
At only 20 years old, it's an interesting topic for Hofmann, as most early 20-somethings are still actively flirting with trouble and making plenty of bad decisions. However, she explained on socials a little bit of the story behind the song's origins that are deeply rooted in her home province of Alberta.
"All around Alberta off the beaten trail there is big yellow signs that say ‘Rural Crime Watch Area,’ you’ll find one on the 879, for instance. There’s also big yellow signs that say ‘Watch for Rattlesnakes’ and ‘Cattle at Large,’ and where there’s cattle at large - ‘Texas Gate.’" She continued on: "It’s pretty desolate. Makes for a lot of good old fashioned fun as a teenager, and not necessarily the good clean kind."
The new teaser follows her just-posted snippet, 'Bobby's Grill,' which pays homage to one of Hofmann's beloved local restaurants.
With each new Instagram post, the bones of her highly-anticipated debut record continue to come together, and while her debut Purple Gas EP served as a wonderful introduction to the young entertainer, we can only hope that the full-length release date is set soon.
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