Grade: B- | Genre: Light Rock
Summary: Thomas' new album is a good one, yet never peeks its head into greatness. While its safe enough to finally launch her music to a wider audience, it lacks that intense emotional punch that defined her debut and was flirted with on Laughter.

The first time I discovered Rosie Thomas was many years ago opening for Josh Rouse at the Red Light Cafe in Atlanta. She wore what can only be described as a sock dress that looked like it was pulled off a character in a Dr. Seuss book. Once she started her set, her voice never rose above a whisper during the entire performance. Its like the songs were so fragile that she had to carefully pull them out of her bag to show us, only to wrap them back up and pack them away once the final note had trailed off. Then, rather inexplicitly, she morphed personalities to become a stand-up comic, donning the ridiculous getup of Sheila to relentlessly stab at the audience's funny bone. I left the evening thinking, "what a curious songwriter." Her talent was undeniable, but I think her softer tone slid me into a sleepy trance of sorts. In the wash of new artists, she disappeared from my view. A year later, I heard the beautiful song of empowerment "Wedding Day" on a Paste Music compilation CD. It took a while before I plugged 2 and 2 together, realizing this beautiful songbird and sock dress girl were actually one in the same.