this next band is not a chick band by any definition, but their front-person is a chick and she is awesome. the band i want to talk about this week is rilo kiley and their latest album,'under the blacklight'.
rilo kiley is a unique band formed by 2 former child stars turned indie rockers,
jenny lewis and blake sennett who stared in troop beverly hills (ill admit that i used to love that movie as a kid) and camp salute your shorts (again another old favorite) respectively. luckily the 2 have decided to give the acting gig a rest and take on the calling to be awesome indie pop rockers making very hip music.the album opens with a anthem tune called 'silver lining' that has a driving rhythm to it that helps introduce the sharp guitar licks of sennett as well as the gorgeous voice that jenny lewis brings to the table. 'silver lining' is followed by a much more rock oriented tune that is more indicative of the rilo kiley style named 'close call'. the 3rd track, 'moneymaker' has one of the best opening drum guitar intros out there.
the next 3 tracks are more mainstream and represent the indie pop section of the album. the first of these tracks is called 'breaking up' and is a track where lewis shines through and really conveys her strong will/nature/attitude. i have this image in my head that 'breaking up' is the track playing on the ipod of all those confident women i see walking through the streets of sydney.
the title track, 'under the blacklight' is next and shows the the softer rhythm acoustic range that rilo kiley can switch in and out of - also shows more vocal range for lewis. the next track, 'dreamworld' is straight up an amalgamation of the cure and and the vocal harmonies of fleetwood mac. in other words really good music.the final section of the album turns a little more funky and fun. there are more samples and more synthesizer in tracks like 'dejalo' which flexes the bands latin funk muscle and the folkie based song '15' which addresses the same topic as the police's dont stand so close to me and nabokov's 'lolita'.
the tracks 'smoke detector' and 'the angels hung around' focus more on the acoustic strumming and the country honky tonk twang that jenny lewis can pull off. and the album finishes with quite a unique electro-pop gospel themes song called 'give a little love' which encourages the listener that "you got to give a little love to get a little love."
'silver lining'
and i'm not going back
into rags or in the hole
and our bruises are coming
but we will never fold
and i was your silver lining
as the story goes
i was your silver lining
but now i'm gold
hooray hooray
i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray
but now I'm gold
and I was your silver lining
high up on my toes
you were running through fields of hitch-hikers
as the story goes
hooray hooray
i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray
but now i'm gold
hooray hooray
i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray
but now I'm gold
and the grass it was a ticking
and the sun was on the rise
i never felt so wicked
as when i willed our love to die
and i was your silver lining
as the story goes
i was your silver lining
but now i'm gold
hooray hooray
i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray
but now i'm gold
hooray hooray
i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray
but now i'm gold
but now i'm gold
but now i'm gold
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