jennylee - right on!, album review: 'will intrigue existing fans'

Warpaint's anchoring force goes solo with a record that will intrigue fans but won't convert new ones
Solo effort: Warpaint bassist Jenny Lee Lindenberg, aka jennylee
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Richard Godwin11 December 2015

Jenny Lee Lindberg is the bassist and presiding spirit in Warpaint, the painterly all-female Los Angeles quartet.

jennylee - right on!

Collectively, the band cast an ethereal murk, but it’s usually Lindberg’s figures that anchor the compositions and her keening backing vocals that create the yearning menace.

These are roles that come into sharper focus on her first solo album, which will intrigue existing fans without perhaps converting too many more.

Blind is a slow and deliberate opener, though one of a few moments where hypnotic strays into ponderous; riot snarls around with Goth-y discord; he fresh brings in some welcome gulps of air.

But the best of right on! snaps along at a rapid pace, building from Peter Hook-esque bass figures played high up the fretboard and tumultuous drums (courtesy of bandmate Stella Mozgawa) mixed a little too low for floor-filling purposes but high enough to create an anxious, addictive groove.

(Rough Trade)

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