Song Review: Rachael & Vilray - “Is it Jim?” (the bridge studio version)
Rachael & Vilray have a band. But Rachael & Vilray don’t need a band.
Appearing as a guitar-and-voice duo at Bridge Studio and performing “Is it Jim?,” the mononym composer/guitarist Vilray and Lake Street Drive singer Price make the most of minimalism on the stripped-down West of Broadway track that finds the narrator going to sleep with her human sweetheart and waking up with a tortoise.
Plodding and laborious/is it Jim?, Price sings on the contemporary jazz number that sounds as if it dates to the mid-20th century.
“Jim?” follows “Love Comes Around” from the duo’s Bridge sessions and underscores Rachael & Vilray (and “Jim”’s) ability to thrive in various environments.
Grade card: Rachael & Vilray - “Is it Jim?” (the bridge studio version) - A
10/31/25
