Kyle Ashen gets back to the root of country telling on "That Local Girl," a warm memory you didn't know you needed. The song arrives with immediacy, like a drive through a sleepy seaside town, and the world slows, everything breathes.
The song is a bold portrayal of young love, simple and lasting in its innocence. The blue-eyed blond girl on a boardwalk street becomes a sensation. It is a song accompanied by the rev of an amped-up pickup truck and the light of dusk in the summertime sky, distilling one of those experiences where life alters without invitation. Kyle does this in a way that feels natural and honest, letting the emotion breathe.
There is a softness to the telling, as if these lines were being recalled, and there is a joy in living through something real. The complexity of "That Local Girl" lies simply in its truth, and Kyle Ashen is another step on the journey, showing an artist who appreciates a good, simple story well told.
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