Growing Pains

Trousdale is one of the more delightfully uncategorizable acts to break into country music in recent memory. Composed of friends-turned-collaborators Quinn D’Andrea, Georgia Greene, and Lauren Jones, the Southern California-based trio first found acclaim posting an eclectic assortment of cover videos online, attracting fans with unorthodox takes on songs by the Eagles, ABBA, and everyone in between. On this sophomore outing, the group shows off their songwriting and arranging chops across a dozen tracks, crafting a sound that lands somewhere between HAIM and The Chicks. The album opens with its title track, a rollicking two-stepper with harmonies for days. On “Over and Over,” the trio experiments with singing in unison, pulling off that deceptively tough feat with brightness and joy. The soaring harmonies of “Death Grip” recall Little Big Town or Nickel Creek, while “Don’t Tell Me” once again finds the group singing as a unit, this time adding subtle harmonies that create texture and depth. Trousdale co-produced *Growing Pains* with John Mark Nelson and recorded the bulk of the collection live in an effort to mirror their electric onstage performances.