"The work in question, "Nobody's Girl," fits into a tradition of great heartache albums. And yet it deviates from it. Brazenly honest, pointedly detailed and possessing the sort of vulnerability that feels like an outstretched hand to the listener, Shires' exploration of grief is part examination of the difficulty of moving on and part work of self-help. "Nobody's Girl" is the album as personal quest - for healing, for understanding and for being heard."
""You probably never get over it, completely," Shires says of heartbreak. "I don't think you get over it completely." Does that scare her? "No," she says quickly. "It's proof of life. It's proof of taking a risk. It's proof of heart. You did it. You allowed yourself to love, and to open up to a person and to not be a coward to the most dangerous thing, love.""
Two years after a crushing breakup, Amanda Shires sits trembling in a hotel bar as she reads from her notebook and struggles to explain how she turned deep pain into art. Nobody's Girl joins the tradition of great heartache albums while deviating through brazen honesty, pointed detail and a vulnerability that reaches to the listener. The album examines the difficulty of moving on and also functions as self-help. The songs confront heartbreak candidly, reference her late-2023 split with Jason Isbell, and frame the record as a personal quest for healing, understanding and being heard.
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