Album title: The Waiting Game
Artist: Una Healy
Genre: Country/Folk/Pop
Nationality: Irish
Release date: February 10
Position in Discography: Debut
Fear Factor: Cautiously Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Not that much
Average RYM Score: 2.60
No I won't give her a free ride just because she happens to be Irish, and indeed the first Irish artist on this list; country and pop often don't go together well as I've said before, and throw folk into the mix, well, you could be asking for disaster. Right: so she's one of the Saturdays. So not exactly new to the biz then. In that case, I'm going to expect big things here. The allowances I would normally make for a debut album are suspended here. This had better be good. Well the first two tracks are good, if slightly Shania-lite. I'm not crazy about the ballad, which is a duet with Sam Palladio, whom I do not know. She has a nice voice, that's for sure, but is there more to her than that? Well, kind of no. I mean, it's an okay record but I'm not that impressed. Sort of dime a dozen when it comes to country/pop, and I don't see too much of the folk to be honest. Yeah, just bog standard pop with the odd country trope thrown in. Pass.
Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes
Expectation Index: 9