Don’t you just love when you hear those songs that stop you in your tracks? “Fine Times,” the first studio release from Kathleen Mary Lee, is one of those songs.
It has such a magical, almost medieval quality to it. The presser compares her to Lana Del Rey, but I think there’s much more fragility and mysticism about what Kathleen Mary Lee does. When I read that she was obsessed with fairy tales I thought that makes perfect sense. Can’t you just imagine hearing a fairy singing this song in a dark, woodland setting? Or is that just me?
I love the lyrics too, which tell of a relationship that’s failing with such sadness and poignancy coupled with the optimism of what might lay ahead. What a special song.