It’s not news that I may have a passing fancy for Alison Sudol, so I went into the listening process with high hopes. And let me tell you, the love affair must be over, because when it comes to sophomore albums by unabashedly pop artists, A Fine Frenzy lives up to the stereotype of overdoing it and making it suck.

I blame it on the fact that she threw off pensive ballads and piano tracks for upbeat, dancy tracks that sound like they were written by someone who’s good at, well… pensive ballads and piano tracks. It’s forced and weak. It’s not that I don’t want Alison to sound like she’s happy, but I can’t take her seriously like this.

To be fair, the few slower songs are decent, but I can practically see the lyrical and melodic quality I loved on her last album walking right out the door.

Or maybe I should blame this low score on the fact that I’m now partial to my girlfriend. Yeah, let’s go with that. Sudol was kind of an embarrassing crush in the first place.

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