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Liam Corcoran’s Hints and Traces lives in the space between just another night out and a life-changing twist of fate. Its rich and earthy heartland rock twang is grounded in the sights, sounds, and experiences of the singer-songwriter’s beloved hometown of Charlottetown, but with the twinkling depth recalling the bright lights of big pastures, stardom, excess, and escape. Both sides are familiar to Liam, who first gained acclaim as the frontman of indie pop outfit Two Hours Traffic. Since the end of the band’s first act a decade ago, Liam oscillated between familiar power pop (Nevahland, 2017) and minimal, introspective folk (Rom-Drom, 2015; Giving Tree and Other Songs, 2020). On Hints and Traces, he blazes a new trail, steeping these nine tracks in alt-country and Americana affectations to magnify everyday occurrences like lost friends, new connections, and self-assurance into silver screen-sized vignettes. To bring these songs to life, Liam joined forces with Brian Murphy of Kiwi Jr., the two East Coast stalwarts having bonded over the Killers’ small-town explorations on 2021’s Pressure Machine. The pair took pages from the playbooks of Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen, soundtracking the characters of Hints and Traces as they navigate the expansive middle between glory days and rock bottom.