Track List 1. (00:02:51) Jenny Lewis - Black Sand
2. (00:03:44) Jenny Lewis - Pretty Bird
3. (00:08:44) Jenny Lewis - Next Messiah
4. (00:03:37) Jenny Lewis - Bad Man's World
5. (00:03:51) Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
6. (00:03:30) Jenny Lewis - See Fernando
7. (00:04:30) Jenny Lewis - Godspeed
8. (00:03:30) Jenny Lewis - Carpetbaggers
9. (00:03:04) Jenny Lewis - Trying My Best to Love You
10. (00:05:24) Jenny Lewis - Jack Killed Mom
11. (00:04:06) Jenny Lewis - Sing a Song for Them
For longtime Rilo Kiley fans, 2007’s Under The Blacklight was disappointing. The album’s exacting production and glossy pop songs muted everything the band’s fans love about Rilo Kiley’s work: the intimacy, the sloppiness, and the general, authentic indie aesthetic. So Rilo Kiley front-woman Jenny Lewis’s latest solo work, Acid Tongue, comes as a welcome surprise. On her second solo LP, she seems to reject everything that made Under The BlacklightElvis Costello, Jonathan Rice, M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, and Chris Robinson. More importantly, the songs on Acid Tongue are occasionally natural, relaxed, and unafraid to descend into the dangerous territory of human emotion. fail. The album benefits from collaboration with musicians that include “Black Sand” is a clean, simple pop song. Built on measured piano chords and Lewis’s soaring, crystal-clear vocals, “Black Sand” is an understated introduction to Lewis’s beautiful but dark songwriting. “Next Messiah” is Acid Tongue’s strongest offering. With help from Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Zooey Deschanel (of She & Him), and Jonathan Rice, Lewis manages to depart entirely from the world of L.A. scenesters and delves deep into backwoods blues. “Bad Man’s World” is like an indie-rock version of James Brown’s “This Is A Man’s World.” With the same basic melody and similar lyrics, but with a sultry female singing lead, the song updates Brown’s tune and transforms it from funk to folk. “Acid Tongue” opens with the line, “I went to a cobbler to fix a hole in my shoe / He took one look at my face and said ‘I can fix that hole in you.’” The drama of the lyrics doesn’t even begin to compare with the drama of the chorus of voices, which is both captivating and a little grating. “See Fernando” is reminiscent of the songs on Cassadaga, the latest Bright Eyes album. The song features an energetic country beat and heavy distortion, and would make a great drinking song. On “Carpetbaggers,” Elvis Costello returns the favor Lewis paid him on his latest album, Momofuku. Lewis and Costello’s voices, both distinctly rooted in rock but hinting at country, provide a wonderful center for the song. The vocal harmonies on “Trying My Best To Love You” are remarkable, and show Lewis’s flair for the melodically dramatic. “Jack Killed Mom” has Lewis doing Loretta Lynn, with great success. And with the final track, “Sing A Song For Them,” Lewis comes full circle back to the quiet piano pop of “Black Sand.” The melody is Paul Simon but the execution is all Rilo Kiley, and it’s a nice way to end an album marked by so much drama. Acid Tongue is a return to form for Lewis, whose solo works seem to establish her role as the core of Rilo Kiley. If we can’t have the Rilo Kiley album we all long for, Acid Tongue is the next best thing. - JULENE PAUL
Genre:Music
Category: Audio
Audio Bitrate: MP3 ABR 125kbps
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Length: 00:46:51
Release Date: 30-10-2008
Resolution: 640 x 272
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Source: Get Shock
Subtitles: English
Title: Acid Tounge
Last Update: 2 hours ago
Downloads: 13,315
Total size:109.99 MB
Genre:Music
Category: Audio
Audio Bitrate: MP3 ABR 125kbps
Frame Rate: 25.000
Length: 00:46:51
Release Date: 30-10-2008
Resolution: 640 x 272
Size: 1cd
Source: Get Shock
Subtitles: English
Title: Acid Tounge
Last Update: 2 hours ago
Downloads: 13,315
Total size:109.99 MB
