Havoc and Bright Lights by Alanis Morissette

Havoc embodies relief, release and refuge. 

The hook-filled collection is a solid balance between her traditional sonic tendencies and more outré influences. 

Her syntax can look clumsy on paper, almost like she’s trying too hard to express sentiments than make statements, but on record her words seem to flow and fit the music perfectly.

While it may be a difficult task to get through all 12 psycho-babble-filled tune on havoc, it’s not entirely a wash or without merit. 

This is a slew of hackneyed teenage poetry, trowelled onto a bed of sift-rock cliché.