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An emotional lyric that are sung with the type of raw tenacity that separates your standard female singer/songwriters from your great ones, "Waking" my Hayley Taylor is one amazing record. Produced by Taylor and AJ Mogis whose work with two of my favorites, Bright Eyes and Statistics, won't go unappreciated ever in his lifetime, "Waking" is yet more reason for us to embrace this newer indie pop vibe that independent artists like Bright Eyes, Damien Rice, Rilo Kiley, Belle and Sebastian, and others have managed to carve into a niche that the mainstream even embraces fully. Her vocals are daunting and seem to strike out at your jugular and make their way through your exposed wound into your soul. Looking for the next big thing? Hayley is wearing the crown.

By: J-Sin
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