So I finally gave Under the Blacklight a listen. Man, I really don't like it. I'm finding it really cheesy. I haven't listened to their other stuff, but I've read that this album is a bit of a departure. Are any of you Rilo Kiley fans? What do you think?
The only song that I doesn't completely make me want to hunt down Jenny Lewis and give her a stern talking to is "The Angels Hung Around," which, if produced differently, could be an outtake from "Rabbit Fur Coat." Which brings me to my next point. I really didn't get into that album when I first got it. But now, for some reason I can't quite pinpoint, I am obsessed with it. So if you haven't listened to it much, give it another shot. It's great. Maybe this will happen with "Blacklight" some day. Maybe. Anyway, here's a video for "Rise Up With Fists!" that you probably saw long ago. I admit, I was a little slow on the uptake with this one. It happens to us all, now and then. And in closing, Jenny Lewis has great hair, huh?
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I'm in the same boat. I'm pretty lukewarm with the new RK album, although I can't say I was ever a super-fan, only really appreciating a couple tracks off of their previous 3 albums. The Jenny Lewis/Watson Twin album is, in my opinion, the best thing Jenny Lewis ever did, other than her hair...
It really is fantastic hair.
I'm a RK fan ... I really dug "more adventurous" and "the execution of all things." i saw them live a few years ago, and it was a great show. UTB is a departure. I personally like it, but I can see why it's not everyone's cup o tea, & I don't find it as satric and biting ... it's also their first album on Warner Bros, and some ppl say it's a sell out/too commercial. i think they are just trying to sex it up a bit. i do like "15" quite a bit ... and if it wasn't so porno, i do agree it could be off the next JL album. i also agree: Jenny Lewis solo is the best. I'd see her live again in a heartbeat ... I also ask you to give those Watson Twins ("southern manners") a twirl. They have more talent than just resembling the twins from "the shining" ...
sadcat is really starting to bum me out! :(
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