Singer Jenny Lewis has a new album coming out.
This time, Lewis goes not for country-music references, but for a wider
palette that pays tribute to the history of studio rock. She chose to
make The Voyager with Ryan Adams as producer because she loved his Pax Am
studio, which is tricked out with gear that dates from the 1960s to the
present. Lewis and Adams took full advantage; their arrangements move
through time without ever getting stuck in one era...
The Voyager's clever (but never too-clever) sound builds an
open structure within which the 38-year-old Lewis can explore her
current fascination: the weight of full adulthood, and its paradoxical
precariousness. Some of her writing is confessional, colorfully
describing her fight with chronic insomnia or alluding to the death of
her often-absent father and her doubts about marriage and monogamy.
"Just One of the Guys," a collaboration with Beck , is the funniest reflection on anxiety about not having children this side of Sarah Silverman.
I can relate to this woman, my age, and her place in life, somewhat, without having children. Confessional album. I might need to buy it just for "Just One of the Guys."
No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys
There's a little something inside that won't let me!
No matter how hard I try to have an open mind
There's a little clock inside that keeps tickin' !
There's only one difference between you & me:
When I look at myself all I can see,
I'm just another lady without a BABY
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