It's a catchy little singer-songwriter album, full of clear feelings and pretty touches. But boy is it twee, especially once you know that Lee was 17 at the time. Feel like I should be able to get past that. Can't.
There are some nice little narrative threads: the callbacks to The Pixies, to Lee's songwriting struggles, to "the girl". It's cute. But if you're going full singer-songwriter, I've got to feel like you're telling me your real story - or at least let me suspend disbelief. This put a skeptical look on my face by track 3, made me say "oh cmon" by track 12, and by the time I got to track 18 (eighteen!) I was just sticking around out of completionism 2.5/5
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