Holly Figueroa

The cover of Gifts And Burdens finds Holly Figueroa resting her head in her hands - the weight of her wedding band dragging her down. This is her divorce album. After 15 years of marriage, Figueroa waxes reflective on a relationship gone south. The overall tone is a bit melancholic and sorrowful as she tries to make sense of what went wrong, wondering if anything could have been done over ("One More Time") . "What You Want" reveals a tortured self-blame that leads her to utter false well-wishes to the man who left her. Though pained, her Americana folk musings never sounded so beautiful.