Written & recorded in Wyoming and Vermont, songstress Kristina Stykos paints exquisite & sometimes harsh landscapes of the West - and of the heart. A punchy new sound & passionate journey to outlaw country, featuring all-stars from VT's roots rock scene. "... in “Wyoming Territory” we find a musically mature artist who is a master at expressing the underlying mood of her lyrics in sound. The key word here is emotion. But the author and composer is far from the emotional chaos of bubblegum pop. Many phenomena she sings about we know from our own lives. When Kristina Stykos tells about longing and love, all our human doubts, uncertainties and anxieties vibrate along with it. The old refrain ‘we’ll never part’ isn’t mindlessly repeated for the nth time. Love too knows abysms. This becomes especially clear in “Angelino.” In this snotty rock number the dirty facts are dragged to light without varnish and at times in a staccato-like recitative. A supposedly harmless, everyday flirt drifts off into sexual subservience and emotional slavery. Even for such sobering stories Kristina Stykos finds the right sounds; her voice accuses, but also empathizes. The band scrubs itself through the desolate world mercilessly with dirty rhythmic banging, a world in which one dreams of love and forces oneself into sex. Guitars and bass also treat this number like a dirty job that someone has to do. In spite of all the bitter disappointments that reality has to offer, dreams and longings have an