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Nothing's Gonna Stand My Way Again
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Nothing's Gonna Stand My Way Again
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Lydia Loveless
is naked on the front cover of 2023's
Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
, with their back to the camera as they cautiously look over their shoulder, the image cropped to keep it PG-13 and the album's title projected onto their back. It's a fine, suitably bold visual metaphor for
Loveless
' songwriting -- since they first hit their creative stride with 2013's
Boy Crazy EP
, they've been perfectly unafraid to reveal themself in their work, reveling in their strengths and unapologetically exploring their failings, the voice of someone accustomed to the consequences of their actions. Like more than a few ambitious American artists,
found the boundaries of their early alt country sides too confining, and like 2020's excellent
Daughter
,
is most strongly rooted in pop, though the occasional swell of a pedal steel guitar and the insistent twang in their voice reminds us (and them) of their roots.
also rocks harder than
on tracks like "Poor Boy," "Toothache," and "Do the Right Thing," where the studio band (which includes
Jay Gonzalez
of the
Drive-By Truckers
) evokes a bit of the power and melodic charge of early
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
. On
is once again caught in the turmoil of complicated relationships and the demands of life as an adult -- pop music is loaded with songs about sex and money but
' "Sex and Money" deals with the hard truths of how much they need both, and how too much or too little can complicate someone's life. "Poor Boy" and "French Restaurant" struggle with the dilemma of needing and wanting someone you know is ultimately not right for you, "Runaway" studies the nagging instinct to do the wrong thing, and the spare but powerful closer "Summerlong" speaks with painful eloquence about the ache of need and loneliness. Very few songwriters working in 2023 can bare their soul as effectively and with such striking relatability as
, and fewer still have a voice that communicates their complex emotions as effectively and with as much clarity and unforced passion as they do here. Since releasing their first album in 2010,
has matured into one of the most compelling and consistently impressive singer/songwriters America can claim, and with
, they have matched form and content with a skill that makes it their finest album to date -- no small statement given the strength of their catalog. ~ Mark Deming
is naked on the front cover of 2023's
Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
, with their back to the camera as they cautiously look over their shoulder, the image cropped to keep it PG-13 and the album's title projected onto their back. It's a fine, suitably bold visual metaphor for
Loveless
' songwriting -- since they first hit their creative stride with 2013's
Boy Crazy EP
, they've been perfectly unafraid to reveal themself in their work, reveling in their strengths and unapologetically exploring their failings, the voice of someone accustomed to the consequences of their actions. Like more than a few ambitious American artists,
found the boundaries of their early alt country sides too confining, and like 2020's excellent
Daughter
,
is most strongly rooted in pop, though the occasional swell of a pedal steel guitar and the insistent twang in their voice reminds us (and them) of their roots.
also rocks harder than
on tracks like "Poor Boy," "Toothache," and "Do the Right Thing," where the studio band (which includes
Jay Gonzalez
of the
Drive-By Truckers
) evokes a bit of the power and melodic charge of early
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
. On
is once again caught in the turmoil of complicated relationships and the demands of life as an adult -- pop music is loaded with songs about sex and money but
' "Sex and Money" deals with the hard truths of how much they need both, and how too much or too little can complicate someone's life. "Poor Boy" and "French Restaurant" struggle with the dilemma of needing and wanting someone you know is ultimately not right for you, "Runaway" studies the nagging instinct to do the wrong thing, and the spare but powerful closer "Summerlong" speaks with painful eloquence about the ache of need and loneliness. Very few songwriters working in 2023 can bare their soul as effectively and with such striking relatability as
, and fewer still have a voice that communicates their complex emotions as effectively and with as much clarity and unforced passion as they do here. Since releasing their first album in 2010,
has matured into one of the most compelling and consistently impressive singer/songwriters America can claim, and with
, they have matched form and content with a skill that makes it their finest album to date -- no small statement given the strength of their catalog. ~ Mark Deming
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