Toronto – While it might have seemed like eons ago, Lily Allen exploded on the scene a few years ago from MYSPACE, of all places. Her single ‘LDN’ attracted thousands of myspace friends who were more then willing to spread the word on her behalf, generating hype to the point of oversaturation. Luckily, Lily Allen is a fairly talented singer – compounded with her outspoken nature and devil may care attitude, Lily Allen rode the strength of that single, followed by a pretty good album, to complete super stardom. She even had her own show! Unfortunately, like Pete Doherty before her, Lily Allen has been known for everything but her music in recent times including feuds with other female British celebrities, strolling about topless everywhere, miscarriage with the dude from Chemical Brothers, and a regular in any celebrity gossip rag.
With the release of her second album ‘Its Not Me, Its You’, the focus will once again shift back to her musical career. Like her first album, ‘Its Not Me, Its You’ blends Allen’s lyrical skills over a light electropop kind of sound. As with her previous album, Allen’s lyrics standout among other pop acts in that..well, its not generic or sugar coated in any way, and like The Libertines, most of the lyrics seem autobiographical, leaving you with the whole ‘who is she singing about now’ vibe. It’s a nice added bonus to the music itself, which is as catchy as any pop tunes that have come around. As you can tell by my last.fm stats, I quite like this album:
Themes for this album include celebrity, love, lost love and of course, hate. This album seems less vengeful then the previous one, save the song ‘Fuck You’. Standout tracks include – “Not Fair”, “22″, single “Everyone’s at it” and of course, “Chinese”. I think for that alone, I would have to give it a good rating. In conclusion – it’s easy to hate on a person like Lily Allen, since she has garnered a lot more attention then some think she deserves, but at the end of the day, she has put out another solid album and cemented the fact that she’ll be around for awhile. Get use to it.
4/5
Lily Allen plays the Sound Academy on April 22, but it’s sold out.
