Madison Kozak, “First Last Name”

As the first artist signed to Songs & Daughters, Nicolle Galyon’s all-female label, Madison Kozak has a lot riding on her shoulders. She rises to the occasion with “First Last Name,” a classic-minded country song that salutes her father with a series of short vignettes: a shared Coca-Cola at a truck stop; a tag-teamed dishwashing operation in the family kitchen; a tire swing hanging in a magnolia tree. Sharp, swooning, and all the right kinds of sentimental, this is the Father’s Day gift that all dads dream of getting.

Morgan Wallen, “Chasin’ You”
Years after the demise of a small-town, teenage romance, Morgan Wallen finds himself in the big city, looking for something similar to quicken his heartbeat. “I’m laying every night holding someone new, still chasing you,” he sings, blending the storyline’s nostalgic bent with a polished country-pop arrangement that’s decidedly modern.

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