A recent article in The Advocate had some good things to say about Dolores Dagenais’ new CD Big Girl Art. The disc is produced by Postcard Comet David Partridge and featuring the multi-instrumental support of co-Comet Robert “Buck” Wilburn. The article calls Dolores’ songs “emotional” and “mature”, going on to call the work “funny, sarcastic and sometimes dark”.

Ms. Dagenais credits this in some part to her collaborators. “There are some strange influences on there that I might not have been brave enough to explore if I hadn’t had this group of people being my team, saying yes you can.”

Although David and Buck are mildly embarrassed at having stolen their inspirational message from a recent presidential campaign, they’re pleased to have contributed to the new territory Dolores explores on Big Girl Art.

Dolores is gigging in support of the CD release but acknowledges that her gigs will be complementary, but not slavish, reproductions of the sound of the album. “The sound of the album is not the sound of the live show. The sound of the live show is its own art form.” Her pals, the Comets, wouldn’t have it any other way.

Big Girl Art is comprised of 13 tracks composed by Dolores and a final bonus track written by David Partridge. The final track is Never Seen The Mountains, a duet between Dolores and David and can be found on the player here on the site.