Amy Millan - Honey from the Tomb

It’s a long way from the dream-pop of her band Stars and its signature song “Your Ex-Lover is Dead.” But Millan, leaning more to twang than the torch of labelmate Feist, has clearly been aching to croon some lonesome country tunes. Her long-awaited solo debut, featuring bluegrass musicians Dan and Jenny Whiteley and members of Broken Social Scene, is full of plaintive songs like “Come Home Loaded Roadie,” “Pour Me Up Another” and “He Brings Out the Whiskey in Me” about love, loss and, yup, the bottle.