Yes, I've made my coplaints about chick singers in the past, but I was too drawn to this. a.) It's all about the fresh wound of a broken relationship (I'm a big fan of that shit.) b.) It was produced by Danger Mouse, who generally works for me. c.) Norah did a great job on the Rome project as well as that last Little Willies record. ... and d.) She's super hot.The album opens with a beautiful lullaby, but what follows is what we were told to expect. Norah has traded in her VH1-jazzy Adult Alternative pass to become a hipster indie-pop girl. Kinda like Jessica Simpson did when she was fucking Billy Corgan.
Some of the tracks, like "She's 22" and the title track work with a smoky mournfulness. Others, like "Say Goodbye" and "Happy Pills" have a uppity coolness that I thought was just too silly to fit here. Mr. Mouse, oddly enough, is producing this quite cooly. For a guy who got his start remixing hip-hop and then turn a garage blues band into an arena rock radio staple, he is scarecly providing any rhythm to speak of.
But that's okay. The space between is all pretty sultry. In "Miriam", for example, Norah is confronting her lover's other lover. And while threatening their death, she makes the suffering sound all too sexy. (3.5 of 5 stars)
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