There are divorce albums, and then there are Divorce Albums. Lily Allen’s upcoming record, “No Shame,” belongs to the latter, more emphatically capitalized category of post-split confessional songwriting. A teaser show Wednesday night at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre was designed primarily as a showcase to preview 12 of the 14 tracks from the impending June 8 release, which implicitly made it, yes, a divorce show — a subject she didn’t shy away from in any of her introductory comments. For anyone who’s a fan of Allen and/or diaristic pop, it was pretty riveting stuff.
But how would these sometimes sobering songs befit a pop songstress who’s often been better than just about anybody at combining brainy and acrid with the happy-go-lucky end of brazenness? Suffice it to say that there remained a good amount of smiling and even giggling, although it wasn’t always clear whether that was out of nerviness or nervousness.
But how would these sometimes sobering songs befit a pop songstress who’s often been better than just about anybody at combining brainy and acrid with the happy-go-lucky end of brazenness? Suffice it to say that there remained a good amount of smiling and even giggling, although it wasn’t always clear whether that was out of nerviness or nervousness.
- 4/27/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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