Gina Villalobos follows up her outstanding Rock N` Roll Pony (2004) with the fantastic Miles Away. This 2007 album is a country-rock, world weary rumination on the struggles of maintaining a relationship. The song cycle works its way through longing, self-doubt, surety that there is another way to connect, anger (and more self-doubt), and a plea to be saved from herself. Villalobos combines her raspy voice with a muscular rock sound that uses country touches to add to the overall angst. Miles Away collects and displays Villalobos` emotions, failures and all, for the listener to pick through. The album concludes with no obvious resolution, leaving one to wonder how much strength she has left to do this all again. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles Of Music.
