Ingrid Andress, “Good Person.”

Ingrid Andress sounds honest. And she probably is. It may be difficult to believe the Grammy-nominated country pop singer is this heartbroken or wrapped up in self-examination. Then again, who under a certain age isn’t? At least she admits it and tries to convey it honestly.

All 12 songs on Andress’ new second record, Good Person, are seemingly about relationship trouble, or relationship hope or relationship reflections. It’s introspective and was probably a healthy exercise to make, especially since she co-wrote all 12 songs.

I mean, we’ve all of had our hearts broken. But we’re also not all miserably lovesick 16-year-old girls, which I’m guessing is the target audience, even though Andress turns 31 in September.

We already went through this with Taylor Swift, didn’t we?

All right, enough of the cynicism bombs (feeling defensive of Taylor Swift?). Good Person the album starts with “Good Person” the song, which is one of the better tracks on the record. It asks a great question and, like the rest of the album, Andress drives the song with her voice. It’s a good strategy since it’s clean and crisp and appropriately pop.

She’s called country, but there’s hardly much legitimate country anywhere on this record. Though she’s telling stories, even if they’re more Natalie Imbruglia lying on the floor (but not as catchy) than Tanya Tucker sounding vaguely threatening.

That isn’t Andress’ thing. But neither is much imagination or musical muscle. But she put herself out there honestly, I think, and it’s bound to make some real connections.

Second song “Yearbook” has some hook and color, with fading steel guitar that doesn’t try to do too much.

We really hear the similarities to Swift on “Seeing Someone Else,” a statement song about being wronged that borders on pop anthem. There are going to be plenty of high school boys being cornered by girls singing this song, and Andress tells it pretty well.

“Talk” is another seemingly direct and honest relationship examination that likely comes from experience, which goes even further on “How Honest Do You Want Me to Be?” There’s a nice hook again shadowed by steel guitar, though the more the chorus slips through the ears, the more the vocals sound overly Auto-Tuned, which probably isn’t necessary.

“No Choice” initially feels like the perfunctory ballad in which Ingrid Andress nevertheless sounds convincing.  “I carried us a million miles without your help,” she sings Even if the song is light, who hasn’t been there? She sells it by squeezing out some legitimate emotion that works.

“Pain” follows the same formula, as does “Feel Like This.” The record gets interesting again on “Blue,” a stripped-down vocal noodler with some tasteful electric piano and light steel guitar that’s very well-constructed to give her voice lots of space to show some depth.

“Falling For You” could be straight from a Disney movie where the high school kids fall in love forever. Take that however you’d like.

“All the Love” tries to be peppy with moderate success and “Things That Haven’t Happened Yet” just sort of floats the record away. That seems appropriate. A Good Person is a decent effort that doesn’t really leave a lasting mark, either way.

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