About Album
Truth – #16 iTunes Switzerland Country chart
I Don’t Do Love Songs – featured alongside Jon Pardi in Hallmark’s “A Summer Romance”
BCCMA Nominations – Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year (Mountain Child) and Video of the Year (Mountain Child)
West coast recording artist Becca Hess’s long-awaited sophomore album “TRUTH” has arrived.
Recorded at the legendary Armoury Studios under the production guidance of the McKillip ‘Dream Team’ (CCMA award-winners Tom & Carly McKillip) and cream-of-the-crop musicians Darren Savard, Pat Steward, John Ellis, John Dymond, Darryl Havers, Mike Sanyshyn, Kristian Alexandrov, Britt McKillip, Shannon Gaye and Gord Maxwell; “TRUTH” is result of a somewhat convoluted – but infinitely rewarding – musical journey.
Raised on the road by songwriter, performer, Hall-Of-Fame recording artist and dad Kenny Hess, Becca’s influences are classic – and so is she – but her sound is all her own. With her feet firmly planted in country roots but an eclectic, fresh and organic approach, Becca owns her lane with “TRUTH”. This is no cookie-cutter country cutie – this is a young woman who can truly sing and has something to say. From her ink-black hair and tattooed sleeve to her unruffled poise and articulate, wry observations on life; Becca is a girl – and an artist – out of the ordinary. Nominated for both BCCMA ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ and ‘Rising Star’ awards in 2017, she is ready to continue adding to an impressive list of achievements with the release of this highly anticipated CD.
Becca’s “TRUTH” includes multi-nominated singles “Mountain Child” and “Stranded” along with eight brand new songs to round out a full-length studio album. “TRUTH” resonates with compelling musical performances. The project is a carefully curated collection of original songs – co-written by Becca with Byron Hill, Aaron Goodvin, Bryan White and other Nashville hitmakers – that showcase a real musical authenticity, potent vocals and the unvarnished perspective of a true artist.
Co-producer Carly McKillip says “Working with Becca was inspiring – what a treat to make music with an artist of her caliber and musical bloodlines. And while it was clear that her art is deeply rooted in traditional country music, she brings her very own, original spin to this recording. And once you’ve heard her distinctive voice, you’ll never forget it.”
“I’m so excited to finally release my baby! This record is truly me – to the core – and I couldn’t be more proud of what we created.” – Becca Hess
Release Date
February 4, 2019Songwriters
Becca Hess, Byron Hill, Roger Brown, Kenny Hess, Aaron Goodvin, Michael Sprinkle, Brian White, Lindsey Lee, Phil Barton, Adam Argyle, Chance Neal, Brett Tyler and Chase McGill.Producers
Carly McKillip, Tom McKillipTrack 1 and 5 co-produced by Lenny Bertoldo in Nashville, TNMusicians
Drums: Pat StewardElectric Guitar: Darren Savard, Ellen AngelicoAcoustic Guitar: Tom McKillip Bass: John Dymond Keyboards: Darryl Havers Steel: John Ellis Banjo: Ellen AngelicoFiddle: Mike SanyshynBackground Vocals: Gord Maxwell, Britt McKillip, Shannon GayeRecording
Recorded at The Armoury with Paul Silveira and Spencer Bleasdale Vocals recorded at Fader Mountain / Hipposonic studios. Mixed by Karl DiCaire Mastered by Craig WaddellAvailable Lyrics
In This Town
I wasn’t meant to find love in this town
Year after year, time after time it let me down
We’d start to fall
He’d turn and run
Over before its begun
Was I never meant to find love in this town
Each time I think I’m gonna hear those words
The kind to chase away my fear, heal my hurt
He takes a breath
I’m holding mine
But he won’t deliver that line
Im never gonna find love in this town
No matter how many times I try to leave
I cant escape the shadow of the city
I should know
I’m better off alone
In this town
This time I thought I had it all, what a fool
To think that I could lose again would be too cruel
Same old movie
Same storyline
Why can’t I just get it right
Is there really no room for love in this town
No matter how many times I try to leave
I cant escape the shadow of the city
I should know
I’m better off alone
In this town
No matter how many times I try to leave
I should know
I’m better off alone
In this town
Sleeping Around
I bet you think I’m going
A little crazy going out every night
And closing down the bar every time
I bet you think I’m drinking
Taking numbers breaking a heart or two
Baby if you only knew
I’ve been sleeping around
This empty house
Right where you left me
Ever since you left this town
There’s nothing here for me now
Ain’t even going out
I’m just sleeping around
I fell asleep in the closet
Looking through those photographs of me and you
Even tore up a few
On the couch or in the kitchen
Anywhere but in our bed
It ain’t hard to tell
I’m tired as hell
I’ve been sleeping around
This empty house
Right where you left me
Ever since you left this town
There’s nothing here for me now
Ain’t even going out
I’m just sleeping around
I almost went out last night
In a brand new dress
With my high heels on
I turned on the front porch light
But I just couldn’t go
In case you came home
So I’ll be sleeping around
Oooh, ya.
I’m just sleeping around
This empty house
Right where you left me
Ever since you left this town
There’s nothing here for me now
Ain’t even going out
I’m just sleeping around
Hey I’m just sleeping around, ohh
I’m just sleeping around
It Ain't Love Yet
Cheap wine and Tom Petty singing
Free Falling and that’s just what I’m thinking
Not hard to see why those three words are on your tongue
But you’re not the only one
Cuz
This is real life though it feels like the movies
Hold on to your heart though you wanna give it to me
Better say slow down
But I don’t know how
Don’t wanna stop keep doing what you’re doing
Can’t resist your kiss
Oh yeah this is crazy
Chemicals racing
Nothing short of amazing
In over my head
But it ain’t love yet
Those stars are trying to talk us into
Something that both of us wanna do
Not hard to see why those three words are on my tongue
But I better hold on
Cuz
This is real life though it feels like the movies
Hold on to your heart though you wanna give it to me
Better say slow down
But I don’t know how
Don’t wanna stop keep doing what you’re doing
Can’t resist your kiss
Oh yeah this is crazy
Chemicals racing
Nothing short of amazing
In over my head
But it ain’t love yet
This is real life though it feels like the movies
Hold on to your heart though you wanna give it to me
Better say slow down
But I don’t know how
Don’t wanna stop keep doing what you’re doing
Can’t resist your kiss
Oh yeah this is crazy
Chemicals racing
Nothing short of amazing
In over my head
But it ain’t love yet
Ain’t love yet, yaaa
Ain’t love yet, oooh
Ain’t love yet
If I Can't
We had some times good and bad
Would you hate the look of your past
If I can’t
If I can’t
I fear the pain there on your face
The words you say to curse my name
If I can’t
If I can’t
Maybe I’m just too damn broke
A little too used up
Maybe I ain’t ready yet
What’s wrong with the way it was?
You’re standing offering your all,
The moon, the stars and a crystal ball
Putting it all on me
And putting my back up against the wall
I won’t blame you if you leave
And leave it at that
If I can’t say I love you back
I know you wanna settle down
But can you wait until I come around
If I can’t
If I can’t
What if I’m the one you really need
Cuz I ain’t giving up on me
If I can’t
If I can’t
Maybe I’m just too damn broke
A little too used up
Maybe I ain’t ready yet
What’s wrong with the way it was?
You’re standing offering your all,
The moon, the stars and a crystal ball
Putting it all on me
And putting my back up against the wall
I won’t blame you if you leave
And leave it at that
If I can’t say I love you back
You’re standing offering your all
Maybe I’m just too damn broke
A little too used up
Maybe I ain’t ready yet
What’s wrong with the way it was?
You’re standing offering your all
The moon, the stars and a crystal ball,
Putting it all on me
And putting my back up against the wall
I won’t blame you if you leave
And leave it at that
Leave it at that
If I can’t say I love you back
Ooh love you back
Mountain Child
City skylines they hurt my eyes
Give me moonlight on the pines
That black top highway ain’t goin my way
It’s headed toward an early grave
Give me a meadow with wild horses
You can keep rodeo drive
Forged in fire
Bathed by the river
I was born a mountain child
Mother Nature
Don’t cast out sinners
So in the mountain I run wild
I run wild
Keep your castles you call a home
They’re just prisons for the soul
I need to be out here among sticks and stones
In this palace no one owns
Let your possessions keep you warm
I’ll take my chances with the cold
Forged in fire
Bathed by the river
I was born a mountain child
Mother Nature
Don’t cast out sinners
So in the mountain I run wild
I run wild
Sometimes being me ain’t what it it should be
But it sure feels good being free
Forged in fire
Bathed by the river
I was born a mountain child
Mother Nature
Don’t cast out sinners
So in the mountain I run wild
I run wild
I run run run run wild
Truth
Truth
A few honest words
Needed so much
And so seldom heard
The one thing in life
I needed from you
Why is it so hard
Finding the truth...
The perfect disguise
That misled my heart
Tortured my soul
Tore us apart
You sure had me fooled
I lived with the lies
But I’d die for the truth
Trust
A bridge not to burn
A line not to cross
A lesson to learn
The choices you make
The paths that you choose
Will lead you nowhere
If you don’t have the truth...
The perfect disguise
that misled my heart
tortured my soul
tore us apart
You sure had me fooled
I lived with the lies
But I’d die for the truth
I lived with the lies
But I’d die for the truth
The Wonderful
Don’t want the day to day routine
Don’t want the same old same old thing
I think you know just what I need
I want the wonderful
I wanna see some stars tonight
Stay out til morning light
I wanna do it and do it right
I want the wonderful
Don’t want the typical
Don’t want the usual
More unconventional, physical
Like a starlet on the silver screen
I wanna dress up and be seen
Champagne in a limousine
I want the wonderful
Don’t want the typical
Don’t want the usual
More unconventional, physical
I want some kisses that are long and wet
The kind of chemistry I wont forget
I wanna wonder what will happen next
I want the wonderful
Don’t want the typical
Don’t want the usual
More unconventional, physical
I want the wonderful
Stranded
Like the sun in the middle of a cloudy day
Out of place but the way it shines on me
Is kind of like destiny
I used to think that I knew where I belonged
So strong I was wrong cuz you swept me away
And I’m not afraid
Cuz
Baby if love was a sea
You were like an island I just couldn’t reach
Kept going, I kept swimming
Over my head, crashed right in it
Your open arms just like a force
Pulling me in, safe to shore
Never thought I could be this happy
It’s on ever since you found me
I’m lost but my heart has landed
I’m home, I’m stranded
And I never wanna leave
No I never wanna leave
No
Like a smile in the rush of a busy street
Just what you need to see when the world is flying by
And it ain’t got time
You hit my hear like a hurricane
You got me upside down like a tidal wave
And I’ll never be the same
Cuz
Baby if love was a sea
You were like an island I just couldn’t reach
Kept going, I kept swimming
Over my head, crashed right in it
Your open arms just like a force
Pulling me in, safe to shore
Never thought I could be this happy
It’s on ever since you found me
I’m lost but my heart has landed
I’m home, I’m stranded
And I never wanna leave
No I never wanna leave
No
I wanna stay forever this way
I love it, I love it
Baby your heart is my hiding place
Your love is just what I need
Keep on washing over me
Baby if love was a sea
You were like an island I just couldn’t reach
Kept going, I kept swimming
Over my head, crashed right in it
Your open arms just like a force
Pulling me in, safe to shore
Never thought I could be this happy
It’s on ever since you found me
I’m lost but my heart has landed
I’m home, I’m stranded
And I never wanna leave
No I never wanna leave
No
No I never wanna leave
No I never wanna leave
No
Better Than I Was
Still can’t handle my drink
Leave my dishes in the sink
Lose my way around my own town
But I’m better than I was
I’ve tried to quit so many times
But I still lean on cigarettes and red wine
I never pushed when it came to shove
But I’m better than I was
Better than I used to be
Back before I lost me
I was scared, scared I’ve run right out of love
Or that I’d never be enough
But I’m better than I was
That song still stops me in my tracks
Steals my breath and takes me back
I can’t bring myself to turn it off
But I’m better than I was
Better than I used to be
Back before I lost me
I was scared, scared I’ve run right out of love
Or that I’d never be enough
But I’m better than I was
Scared I’ll never be enough
But I’m better than I was
I Don't Do Love Songs
I was a fool to think that I got over you
I was crazy to think I could even try
I found out the hard way
There’s just one remedy for heartache
So tonight I'm gonna write you off my mind
I don’t do love songs anymore
I just can’t fool myself the way I did before
I hope you don’t mind crying
Cuz I don’t feel like lying
No I don’t do love songs anymore
I know Hank and Harlan they did it all the time
They laid out their heartache on every line
They taught us there’s no shame
In feeling all that pain
So tonight I’ll fall to pieces with Patsy Cline
I don’t do love songs anymore
I just can’t fool myself the way I did before
Well I hope you don’t mind crying
Cuz I don’t feel like lying
No I don’t do love songs anymore
I don’t do love songs anymore
I just can’t fool myself the way I did before
Well I hope you don’t mind crying
Cuz I don’t feel like lying
No I don’t, I don’t do love songs anymore
No, no, no
I don’t even like no love songs anymore
