SWEET TEA TRIO - Alabama You - Independent Release

With what seemingly could have spelled the end of Sweet Tea Trio when they disbanded amid the surging success of “All Hat No Cattle,” was merely a comma and not a period as frontwoman Kate Falcon realigned with original Sweet Tea member Savannah Sawyer and newcomer Taylor Morrison to reignite the spark that lit the fire.

Clearing their wide-open dirt for a fresh beginning, they crafted their signature sound, blended their three-layered harmonies, and have now fully re-emerged as the next generation version of the group with a new flare, a big vision, and a brand-new single. 

“Alabama You” is out now on all streaming and digital platforms.

With a simple guitar drive through the intro that crescendos before momentarily softening to allow the familiarity of Falcon’s voice to hold the opening line, “Mama always warned me be careful of the boy next door,” your ears immediately perk as you crank the volume and lean in for an intuitive listen.

However, by the second line of the opening verse their enticing harmonies are in full effect and gripping your senses as they offer vivid descriptions of the boy next door who has her heart beating faster, winking to their fellow Alabamians through map dotted namechecks along the way; Calhoun County, Orange Beach, and “Rolling with the Tide.”

Utilizing then the second verse as a highlight reel of the reasons why she’s so crazy about him, she defines the warmth of his down-home personality with lines such as “You don’t buy me flowers you pick them off the side of the road,” “You listen to the crickets like you’re listening to the radio,” etc.

Expertly matching instrumental lifts to the swooning emotions of the lyrics, the song transforms into a pure bop that you can’t resist singing along with as they slam into the fist pump, jump around vibes of the anthem swerved chorus:

“Four-wheel red dirt, sweet home t-shirt

Alabama you

Rope swing, long neck, truck bed sunset

Alabama you

And me what I love most

Long leaf pines, the Orange Beach coast

And holding on to

Alabama You”

Uniquely grafted switches in both the chorus, and the bridge, presents an unconventional, unpredictable flow to the melodic shifts which intriguingly showcase their willingness to work outside the box and curve the structure while always pinpointing right back to their voices in an elevated strike of harmony.

Though the song has been hanging around their repertoire for a bit, the reworking of it into what we hear now boldly highlights the characteristics of who they are in this current chapter with both feet firmly planted on the right here, right now and both eyes looking forward.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)