There's a good chance that even if you haven't come across Liz Durrett's music, you've heard her perform somewhere down the line. As niece of acclaimed southern musical interpreter Vic Chesnutt, Durrett has continually lent her voice and musical talents to any number of her uncle's recordings and live performances over the last decade - from his 1992 epic album, West of Rome (and the accompanying Speed Racer film) to 2004's much played national TIAA TV spot duet of 'Somewhere' (along the likes of Cat Power and Ian McCulloch). In fact, when asked about her music, Durrett is quick to credit much of her sensibilities to her uncle's eclectic influences. It was Chesnutt, she says, who upon seeing Durrett struggle through the rough spots of her teen years, offered her a guitar and told her to “write mean songs about her parents. Now in her 20's, Durrett is releasing her debut album 'Husk' (WRM113) - a full length sampling of a collection of songs that she amassed over those early years. Recorded and performed with Chesnutt (along with Tina Chesnutt and Rob Veal) between 1996 and 1999, 'Husk' is a ghostly album overflowing with swells of melodic murkiness. Durrett's meandering guitar waltzes past the dust-ball corners of Chesnutt's eerie production and vocal harmonies as the sounds of Wurlitzers, trombones, accordions and broken down drums provide a darkened backdrop to the lighter, swirling vocal melodies of Durrett's soothing voice. Not content to sing the shallow expressions of typical teen angst, Durrett digs scarily deeper and sometimes seems possessed (think Chan Marshall at a seance) as she skillfully weaves a souful reconcilitation of sadness with hope and death with life.