Tenille Townes Takes Us On A Country-Pop Joyride on The Lemonade Stand

written by Townes herself, the Canadian-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter was finished with this spiritual song in under 20 minutes. Songs like these don’t just appear out of thin air during the crowded songwriting roundtable or at a bustling workshop. Songs like “When I Meet My Maker” are born out of solitude and grief—and ample time spent with one’s own swirling thoughts.

Like fellow Americana artists Jason Isbell or Lori McKenna, Townes has the power to convey powerful personal narratives in song and somehow still make you believe the words were about your own life all along. Who hasn’t given some thought to heaven and the likelihood of its existence? About the family members and loved ones hopefully awaiting us above? For Townes, it was memories of her great-grandmother that birthed this song into reality.

However, you may just get whiplash hearing the excitedly upbeat “Come As You Are,” an inclusive invitation to an eternity of summer parties, directly after “When I Meet My Maker.” Soon you’ll forget you were ever sadly pondering your own mortality and just start to wonder why “Come As You Are” isn’t a 2020 Song of the Summer contender yet. And what’s more comforting than an invite to a summer hangout that says “Come as you are. Just bring yourself.

“Holding Out For The One” is equally fun and upbeat, with an added layer of advice: Don’t fall for boys’ bullcrap. As Taylor Swift has conveyed infinite times, men will try to woo you with their charm and convertibles, but you shouldn’t fall for it. Townes sure isn’t. She “ain’t giving my heart to just anyone / I’m holding out for the one.” She channels Swift again with indie-pop number “White Horse” and pivots to Brandy Clark-esque earnestness on “Where You Are.

Ellen Johnson is an associate music editor, writer, playlist maker, coffee drinker and pop culture enthusiast at. She occasionally moonlights as a film fan on Letterboxd. You can find her tweeting about all the things on Twitter

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