Jenny Lewis review – darkly among the rhinestones

Bristol SWXWith her fourth album, Jenny Lewis’s moment has come – and she’s seizing it with country-pop hooks and disarming honestySashaying on stage, Jenny Lewis exudes retro American glamour. The US singer-songwriter’s backcombed, country-diva hair and floor-skimming sequinned gown come accessorised with feathery cuffs and eyelashes like ski slopes. Taking her seat behind an organ, Lewis looks like the sole survivor of an explosion in a Nashville theatrical apparel shop; naturally, she drinks from a goblet.Later, pink and blue latex balloons will bounce down from above. The contrast with this sticky-floored Bristol venue, hardly one of the city’s most atmospheric, couldn’t be more stark. The stage is set kitsch: her five-piece band vying for space with pink and blue old-school telephones that light up. They are a reference to Lewis’s recent and most feted album, On the Line, which came out in March. The words coming out of Lewis’s cherry-red lips, though, are grim. “Heads gonna roll,” she sings sweetly, invoking both death and funny cigarettes. “After all is said and done, we’ll all be skulls.” Continue reading…
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