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Like a hillbilly genie slithering her way through a jukebox of Delta blues and backwoods country, Melissa Swingle puts Chapel Hill, North Carolina's Trailer Bride on her back and carries Whine de Lune, the band's third effort. Swingle's voice is a confident, slurring drawl, and her multi-instrumental arrangements (banjo, mandolin, harmonica, even a saw) are tightly wound around hook-filled pop, slow acoustic waltzes, and bold hints of gospel. With a playful seriousness, Swingle spins tale after Deep South tale of railroads, after-hours dancers, and the simplest of pleasures. And just as she slithers her way back into the bottle, you're bellying up and asking for another shot. --Scott Holter