Austin singer-songwriter Taylor Rae released her debut album Mad Twenties in 2021, a release that led to a 30-week stint on the Americana radio charts and opportunities to hit the road opening for bands like the Head and the Heart and Band of Heathens.
After a stretch of playing an average of 200 gigs a year, Rae went back in the studio and last week released The Void, an album that turns inward towards reflection rather than external commentary of forces around her. She teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Eric Krasno, who’s worked with groups like Lettuce and Tedeschi Trucks Band, to fully realize her sophomore album that plays with a lot of different genres, reflecting the growth and changes Rae bears throughout the record.
“Cologne” takes a blusier route as a song that began with simply a riff and a line. It’s about yearning in love and missing your partner, throwing on something that smells like them, and watching the clock tick until they can finally pick up the phone.
Playing the 04 Center this Wednesday, here’s Austin’s Taylor Rae with “Cologne.”