Having finally gotten a chance to sit down and listen to the new disc, I can concur that it doesn't strike me as an insta-love classic. I suppose the sound that Rilo Kiley has taken shouldn't be too surprising, though, considering the last Elected and the Jenny Lewis & the Thompson, er, Watson Twins albums. Obviously, the band wants to sound all polished and mature now, and it comes off sounding like 70's soft rock. Jenny Lewis - fortunately or unfortunately - has a voice built for just such a soft rock/country sound, so it only seems like a nature progressive. Maybe Under a Blacklight will grow on me some more, but watch out, because the Starbucks crowds are going to eat this alive!
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Erik Gonzalez said on August 29, 2007:
Having finally gotten a chance to sit down and listen to the new disc, I can concur that it doesn't strike me as an insta-love classic. I suppose the sound that Rilo Kiley has taken shouldn't be too surprising, though, considering the last Elected and the Jenny Lewis & the Thompson, er, Watson Twins albums. Obviously, the band wants to sound all polished and mature now, and it comes off sounding like 70's soft rock. Jenny Lewis - fortunately or unfortunately - has a voice built for just such a soft rock/country sound, so it only seems like a nature progressive. Maybe Under a Blacklight will grow on me some more, but watch out, because the Starbucks crowds are going to eat this alive!