Sunny Sweeney: Concrete

Contrary to the bright disposition of her name, country singer Sunny Sweeney is a woman with dark impulses and more than a few skeletons in her closet on her second album, Concrete. The songs chronicle wrecked relationships from all sides, with Sweeney usually coming out on the losing end. On the standout tearjerker “From A Table Away,” a gently stinging guitar line hits like a knife in the back as Sweeney spies on her man reconciling with his wife. On the equally affecting ballad “Amy,” Sweeney takes on the “Jolene” role from Dolly Parton’s “other woman” classic, telling an inattentive wife that she’s the one to blame for her straying husband.