Carrie Mills CD REVIEW PAGE

Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The City Paper
Nashville, Tenn. http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com

Music City Muse
Local talents release fabulous new CDs

Carrie Mills
Looking Through Windows
(Brooklyngirl Records)

With the opening track, "Dance for a Dollar", Carrie Mills debut EP Looking Through Windows wafts into your consciousness like the scent of a woman. Mills' pop craft is refreshingly different from most of what Nashville's local music scene is producing these days. Stylistically, the CD ranges from the latin-tinged flavors to the sultry island grooves of Sade before making radical turns towards "Mama" era Genesis. While the production by her husband and songwriter Clay Mills is stellar, Carrie's talent as a singer and songwriter make this CD the sonic success that it is. Carrie's songwriting is subtly brilliant and her vocals at times haunting, other times penetrating. Some of the more outstanding tracks are the jazzy nylon-string guitar driven "Need to Forget," with acoustic textures reminiscent of Pat Metheny, and the dramatic The Police-sounding "Memories
(Love Again)." Along with the pop-influences are the Middle Eastern tinged "Nuieba (Pita! Pita!)" and the a capella-opening title track that closes out the disc. Top to bottom, this disc is a solid effort worth picking up. Looking Through Windows can be bought at Tower Records on West End, CD Warehouse on 21st Ave. and Fusion on 8th Ave. S.

- Drew Walen