“Cut and Run is partly a resistance march against the homogenizing and flattening effect of AI generated music, the latest scourge that simply parrots the formulas the music industry has adopted in search of profits. Deblois liberates us, and herself, from this haze of sameness with a set of incisive songs stripped to their bare bones, as if recorded in one take at the kitchen table with just a guitar, with all of its noises and quirks intact. Her voice is bourbon oak, evoking traces of Joplin, and her take on life through lyrics is frank and impassioned. Cut and Run is successful in all these aims and deserves the undivided attention of any listener seeking an alternative to the corporate dross AI has trained itself on.”