Can an album be both politically woke and blissful party fun? Jenny Lewis says yes. Nice As F**k, the debut LP from her new band with Erika Forster and Tennessee Thomas, is all loose-limbed lo-fi swagger—many tracks are simply bass guitar, drums and Lewis’ beguiling vocals. But on songs like “Homerun” (“Left is right/Right is suicide”) and the pleading, synth-kissed “Guns”, the trio aims for a higher consciousness. As Lewis sings on anthemic centerpiece “Higher”, “I’m just trying to keep the dream alive.”
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