NEW JENNY LEWIS ALBUM!!!!!
OMGOMGOOMGOMGGOGOGOMG
It dropped 2 weeks ago and I had NO IDEA. I was too busy losing my mind over the amazing new efforts by my other 2 favorite girl singers (Dar Williams and Amanda Palmer). Seriously, if M.I.A. had a new CD out now, it would be the 4 horseladies of the AWESOMEpocalyspe. (wait - does she? nope. just checked, haha)
OK, I am now listening to Acid Tongue via internet leaks, and, thus far, like what I hear. She had played "Carpetbagger" on the last couple RK tours, but with Blake or Johnathan Rice on male vocals. But, what's this? Her duet partner sounds familiar... OMG IT IS ELVIS COSTELLO! Oh, Jenny, you are true rock royalty now!
She sounds good, doing a lot more falsetto-y stuff with her voice, but I think her vocals were a lot stronger of Rabbit Fur Coat. This CD has none of the blue eyed soul from the Watson Twins collaboration, which I really liked, but it is good to hear her back in country-roots-Americana-rock. "The Next Messiah" rocks - classic blues with a driving White Stripes-y baseline, but the subject matter is pure Jenny (Christian hypocrisy and daddy issues). And I'm stoked that a plugged-in version of "See Fernando" made it on the album! Her performance on Conan, but I think it would have been better a little more stripped-down. All in all, I like the postmodern-meets-vintage, Brooklyn-meets-the-heartland vibe. Its what she does best.
Then again, there was no way I was not going to like the album!
