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Katie Armiger
- Believe
By: Brianna Nightingale, CSO Staff Journalist
7/31/08
 Although
Katie Armiger is only seventeen years old, she has recently released
her second album, which is overflowing with songs that portray her
strong vocal ability as well as her incredible talent as a
songwriter. Armiger is proud to admit that, with a little help from
the decision to begin taking guitar lessons not too long ago, she
wrote all but one song on the album. The only one that she did not
write, “Unseen,” is her new single. Armiger claims that it was love
at first listen. “I was going to write all of the songs for my new
album until I heard ‘Unseen,’” she said. “I had to go to the studio
immediately to record it.”
Every
song on this album is clever and well thought out. Armiger’s
sophomore album explodes from the start with a powerful tune called
“Jealousy.” Not only are the lyrics straightforward and blunt, but
beginning with the first note, the excellent guitar licks contribute
to the strength of this song.
Armiger
has come a long way since her debut album, yet has not strayed away
from her own unique style. Her first single, “17 In Abilene,” as
well as “Make Me Believe,” were previously released as singles, and
one is included on this album. “Make Me Believe” fits right in, even
though it was released before this CD was introduced to the
collections of many country music fans. Armiger wrote both of these
aforementioned singles with her good friend Ashlee Hewitt, who
recently left Nashville Star after making it to the top five.
Armiger
teamed up with Rebecca Lynn Howard on “Break Yours First,” a witty
tune which was very well-written. “No one likes to be the one
dumped so Rebecca and I thought we would write a song about making
sure you were the dumpee,” Armiger said. “It’s a really fun song and
Rebecca was amazing to work with.”
“Movin
On,” about breaking up with a loved one, and “Wash Away,” a song
about hardship, were also written with Ashlee Hewitt but Armiger
penned two ballads, “Bleed” and “Gone,” on her own. “Bleed,” which
was produced by Hewitt, pulls the listener in immediately.
“There’s only so
much of a person
That you can take apart
And you’ve already shattered me
I’m not even left with my heart
And I’m dying on your doorstep
And you’re watching me crawl
And I don’t want to be caught here where it’s never your fault”
A shady
guy is caught in the mess that he created in “Trail of Lies,” which
Armiger co-wrote with two songwriting rookies, Lisa McCollum and
Quinn Loggins. By listening to the song, one would never know
they had never done this before. The ballad, which these three
individuals created, is one that anyone going through a situation
similar to this, would enjoy hearing.
Armiger’s producer, Jonathan Lawson, shared his talent on “The Road
Is Calling” and “Jealousy.” Not only did he produce these two (and
all except three others), but he co-wrote them with Armiger and
offered his vocal talent on them as well.
In her website biography, Armiger mentions the title of this
album, Believe, and why she chose to name it as such. “I have
learned so much over the last year and one of the most important
things I’ve learned is that you just have to believe in yourself,”
she said. “It’s been an unbelievable year filled with so many
challenges and through those challenges I continue to learn more
about myself, especially as an artist. This album speaks to those
challenges in a way that I hope listeners can relate.”
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