Sunday, May 10, 2015

Lydia Loveless - Indestructible Machine

Her previous and first lp, and also excellent (Somewhere Else has turned to be really outstanding - I haven't been able to shake it). There's a punkier edge to this one as well as some clearer rockabilly elements on songs like "Bad Way To Go", "Jesus Was A Wino" and "Do Right", but the voice and the tendency to jag electric guitar down the middle of a melody is the same, as is the overall songwriting style, and it's clearly recognisable as the work of the same artist. Favourites: "Steve Earle", "Learn to Say No".