Blog: Stereogum

As noted after Lily's stop at Bowery Ballroom last week, a good chunk of It's Not Me, It's You is given over to directly textual, emotional confessionals wrapped in melancholic (and occasionally drab) electro-pop garb. If she wasn't so charming, those stretches in the show would have drowned in a sorry sea of boring/sad. But she is charming, and It's Not Me, It's You has some moments where the synths meet the cheek in full stride. First single "The Fear" is an example, and a winning shift away from Alright, Still [...]