Atlanta based songstress, Geri X, returns with her seventh full-length release, The Bedroom Sessions. It’s 12-songs of mostly new material except for the updates of four old tracks: “You’re A Pearl”, “Monument”, “When I Die”, and “Kiss Both Eyelids”

The former Tampa resident has said Bedroom is the first album that hasn’t induced cringes when she listens to it, and that she now knows what it means to be satisfied with a set of songs; however, the offerings on this album are more than satisfactory.

In fact, The Bedroom Sessions looks to be an effort that can propel the Atlanta songstress even further into the limelight.

She’s come a long way from standing in from of crowds with just a guitar and her voice, and this full band effort has your attention right out of the gate. It doesn’t sound like it was recorded in a bedroom at all. In fact, it’s a nicely polished set of songs where almost every track could be a single. The songs are catchy, and Geri X’s delivery is simultaneously unique and easy to listen to.

Musically, the tracks on Bedroom are nicely fleshed out. Over 45 minutes, the band cultivates an almost perfect patch of sonic landscape on which to plant a Geri X vocal.

Her voice is a big reason for Bedroom’s accessibility. Thanks to solid instrumentation that’s not overbearing, her spotless vocals can effortlessly execute catchy pop (“Ok, go, “Modest Mouse”), the breakup anthem (“Goodbye”), and heartfelt melancholy (“Falling Through”).

She’s got pipes, but underneath those pipes is a heart, and the emotional makeup of the album seems to be rooted in a pure place. On “You’re Half Mine,” Geri X takes a stab at the duet and nails the feeling of longing that is present at all post-breakup conversations.

The Bedroom Sessions is the type of record that gets repeated spins in car stereos because listeners feel connected to, and invested in, the situations each song presents. While it doesn’t hurt that the arrangements lend themselves to instant head bobbing and botched sing-along attempts, the album’s staying power is cemented in the fact that Geri X has put together a solid collection of songs that proves she’s more than just a local starlet set to steal the scene. She knows what she’s doing, and she’s got the band to back it up.