Jenny Lewis // The Watson Twins // New releases!!!

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Jenny Lewis // The Watson Twins // New releases!!!

For the last few days I have been trying to establish who made the better record; The Watson Twins or Jenny Lewis.

As some of you might remember, last year I was (and still am) very crazy for Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins' Rabbit Fur Coat. I love that album to bits so much and now both The Watson Twins and Jenny Lewis made solo albums.

Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis released Acid Tongue, which is much more of a pop/rock effort than Rabbit Fur Coat, which of course was more blue grass than anything else. It's funny how I seem to like Lewis' solo efforts more than here work with Rilo Kiley.

The Watson Twins

The Watson Twins album is called Fire Songs and is more of a continuation of Rabbit Fur Coat when it comes to style, but updated with some 60's girl band musical themes, but still with it's roots firmly held in blue grass.

And I can't make up my mind which album I like better, but I play them both a lot, so I have decided to like them both equally.

Who's into these ladies as much as I am?

...can't stop what's coming // can't stop what's on its way...

Reply #1 posted 09/30/08 8:05am

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Acid Tongue with a little bad acting with Jenny and Ben Gibbard before they play the song

...can't stop what's coming // can't stop what's on its way...

Reply #2 posted 09/30/08 8:06am

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Watson Tiwns' How Am I To Be

...can't stop what's coming // can't stop what's on its way...

Reply #3 posted 09/30/08 8:52am

MendesCity

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You know I am! I posted this video a couple weeks ago and was waiting for ya to chime in biggrin

The Jenny Lewis album is strange. On first listen it blew me away--feels a bit more full-blooded than Rabbit Fur Coat--but after repeated listens, I'm not sure it'll hold up as well. The title track is definitely one of my favorite songs of hers EVER though.

I haven't heard the Watson Twins album, will have to check that out.

Reply #4 posted 09/30/08 9:04am

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I missed you posting the vid.

Well, here we are again! I like both albums, I must admit. And I just got them, so I am still getting into them...

...can't stop what's coming // can't stop what's on its way...

Reply #5 posted 09/30/08 10:38am

MendesCity

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HamsterHuey said:

I missed you posting the vid.

Well, here we are again! I like both albums, I must admit. And I just got them, so I am still getting into them...

There's such a variety of stuff on Acid Tongue, but I'm not sure how I feel about her new-found fondness for singing falsetto. It's not bad or anything, but her regular voice is just so stinkin' charming.

Reply #6 posted 09/30/08 2:53pm

Sander

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Totally new to them, but I think I like Jenny's music better.

I am now totally smitten by one of the twins though!

Reply #7 posted 09/30/08 3:09pm

sextonseven

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MendesCity said:

You know I am! I posted this video a couple weeks ago and was waiting for ya to chime in biggrin

The Jenny Lewis album is strange. On first listen it blew me away--feels a bit more full-blooded than Rabbit Fur Coat--but after repeated listens, I'm not sure it'll hold up as well. The title track is definitely one of my favorite songs of hers EVER though.

I haven't heard the Watson Twins album, will have to check that out.

I might have been the only one that posted on the first thread.

I had a crush on Jenny Lewis for a second when the last Rilo Kiley album came out. This new song sounds very cool, but I'm more likely to get the previous album she did with the Watson Twins first I think.

The Watson Twins song is nice, but not very special to me.

Reply #8 posted 10/03/08 1:53am

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sextonseven said:

I'm more likely to get the previous album she did with the Watson Twins first

Great album!

...can't stop what's coming // can't stop what's on its way...

Reply #9 posted 10/03/08 7:15am

MendesCity

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sextonseven said:

MendesCity said:

You know I am! I posted this video a couple weeks ago and was waiting for ya to chime in biggrin

I was just listening to More Adventurous this morning--that has to be one of my favorite albums of the decade. It flows so well, and it has that perfect mix of full-bodied songs that pay tribute to all sorts of past genres, but her lyrics are still really mysterious and detailed. If there's one complaint I have about Under the Blacklight, Rabbit Fut Coat and Acid Tongue, it's that the musicianship gets a bit lost behind the songwriting, and her songwriting doesn't seem quite as detailed anymore. Still love her to death though.