Jenny Owen Youngs

When is the last time you picked up a brand new album and listened to it from start to finish (and back to the start again), the way it was intended to be heard?  You'll want to do that with Jenny Owen Youngs' "Transmitter Failure."  Following fresh in the tracks of her 2007 debut, Jenny clearly delights in never letting the listener tune out, as slow-and-sweet ballads are immediately followed by infectious rock/pop gems.  Featuring Youngs' lilting doo-wop croon coupled with slow, wailing strings and a waltzing rhythm, reminiscent of a page from Richard Hawley's songbook, homage is paid to both the musical past and the richly orchestrated present.  As the title implies, "Transmitter Failure" hums with the notion of contradiction.
 

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Current Release: Transmitter Failure