Katie Dauson douses you in pure adrenaline from the heart with her brand new single, “Rock Along With You.” Taken from her introspective and fearless album Pure Katie, this is a song and more than that, a living, breathing moment from the artist’s life laid bare with grit, groove, and soul.
Katie Dauson is known as someone who is happy to transcend genre, and “Rock Along With You” may be her boldest statement yet. Her complete melding of rock, folk, and country feels so natural, something that feels all her own, and make no mistake, Katie doesn’t play, she takes over. Driving the song is her 1978 left-handed Gibson Les Paul Custom in Tobacco Burst, a guitar that doesn’t just follow her around, it talks to her. Every riff sounds as if the blood was siphoned directly from her veins.
We’re off to a great start, with a growling guitar that quickly expands into a full, lusty rhythm, a little ragged on the edges (in the best way). There’s a heartbeat in this song that feels urgent but reassuring, like an old friend coaxing you on one last drive through the desert at dusk. The vocals of Katie Pierce are through the mix with such ferocity and tenderness, never to be ignored, but never begging for it. There’s storytelling in every line, passion in every strum, and an abject sense of self that keeps the track anchored from first note to last.
What makes “Rock Along With You” special, though, is the emotional honesty at its core. This is lived-in, road-tested, and real. You can feel the dust on the boots, the hum of a troubled heart, and the sort of stubborn resilience that only comes from being knocked down and getting back up holding a guitar. On “Rock Along With You,” Katie Dauson turns the windows down and lets the past blow out the window. This one sticks in a sea of forgettable singles.
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