"Purveryores of the four-minute popular song usually stick to cataloguing one emotion. Gina Villalobos' compositions are not quite s simple, coming off the speakers like holographic Cracker Jack surprises that revel a new depth with the slightest shift in light. Days On Their Side (face West Records) finds her taking the Lucinda Williams/Sheryl Crow model to a new level. (And it's about time someone did.) The rootsy production is a comfortable bed for Villalobos' exceptional voice, which often introduces a verse in a lower, cracked timbre before shooting up into early Stevie Nicks territory for yet another orgasmic chorus. "I got some secrets/no one can see them/they're up on my ceiling/they're stuck in my spin." Not for long Gina, not for long." AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE (July/Aug 2009) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.