Jenny Owen Youngs - Batten the Hatches
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Free Music Notes for Batten the Hatches
Free Music Review: Moody, pretty, honest
Hit: 5 Stars
Let me start by saying that I usually listen to punk or other music that is fast with a lot of energy. This is not the genre of music that I usually listen to, but I like it.
I recently lost someone close to me, and the mood of a few songs fit what I was feeling. I bought the CD, figuring I'd listen to it while I got really drunk, and then retire it to the cabinet of forgotten music.
The more that I listen to it, the more I like it. I like the honesty of the lyrics. I can appreciate feeling awkward and unsure; making mistakes and sometimes caring, sometimes not; wanting to be loved. It's all stuff that I relate to.
In Drinking Song she sings, "I don't know what's wrong with me, but I wish that it were something else". It's that kind of sentiment that I appreciate, or the lyrics in F*** Was I, "If we weren't such good friends, I think that I'd hate you. If we weren't such good friends, I'd wish you were dead."
She is a cynical poet. I like that she plays guitar. I hope that she stays honest and writes music that she believes in. It's what sets her apart from the over-produced crap that I've heard from other young female song writers.
Free Music Review: I just didn't get it
Hit: 1 Stars
If you don't mind a thin toneless voice whining about about how "love grows on me like a tumor" or her emoting about how "f**ked was I," then you may like this pretentious and delusional suicidal drivel; otherwise I recommend that you stay far, far away... This is like the absolute worst of the Liz Phair-genre of music that I've ever heard. "Batten the Hatches"??? What does that even mean???Free Music Review: Batten the Hatches
Hit: 5 Stars
I think its just the best, music I have herd in a long long time, and the lyrics struck a nerve. Love it looking forward to her next work. Free Music Review: EXCELLENT CD FROM A GREAT SINGER/ SONGWRITER
Hit: 5 Stars
Honestly, I had not heard of Jenny until I found out she would be warming up for Vienna Teng at the Palace Of Fine Arts in San Francisco a couple of days ago. I listened to a few cuts on the web and it grabbed me quickly, so I bought the CD a few weeks before the show. I listened to the CD in my bedroom at least a half-dozen times and loved every single listen. At the show, she was every bit as good as on the CD, and with a great sense of humor. If you like the female singer/songwriter genre, I highly recommend this CD, and am actually listening to it again as I am typing this. And, should you have the opportunity to see her live, I highly recommend you take it. You won' be disappointed.Free Music Review: Sad, angry, thoughtful, creepy and j.o.y.-ful,
Hit: 4 Stars
This album is all of that and more. Jenny Owen Youngs writes a mean lyric, has a coolly deceptive voice - it lulls you in and then wham! Hits you over the head like a pop song baseball bat. Love it. "Voice on Tape" and "F**K, I Was" are just awesome. RIYL Cat Power, Mary Lou Lord, Beth Orton.
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