In the midst of a golden age of female indie rockers whose lyrics cut you to the quick as you’re cutting a rug, Lahey stands out for her versatility. With buoyant wit, she rolls with the changes and delivers a lucid, omnivorous perspective that’s all her own.
With The Best of Luck Club, Lahey has surpassed the achievement of her fantastic debut, changing things up enough musically to keep it fresh, but without losing any of the wit or songwriting prowess that made her one of the best young artists working today.
It's a solid effort from the Aussie outlier; she's one who sees a world before her, the one she lives in the here and now, and finds a surge of relatability that keeps us on the hook for even more, dousing it in sugar-with-a-snap power chords.
Alex Lahey's romantic idealism is what makes her such an engaging songwriter. The Best of Luck Club may lack some of the whimsy that got her noticed, but with this more mature turn, Lahey has expressed some lyrical depth that wasn't quite there the first time around.
The album has immense scale, wonderfully indulgent soundscapes and limitless sing-alongs.
Playing nearly every instrument herself and writing the lyrics in marathon studio sessions, Lahey demonstrates her growth as an artist both musically and lyrically.
The Australian pop-punk musician’s second album is a welcome and wide-open look at mid-twenties inertia and queer romance.
The Best of Luck Club, is a definite step up for Lahey.
On The Best of Luck Club, she adds a few new tricks to her repertoire without losing touch with what she was already doing so well, and based on this music, it's a safe bet that she'll be delivering more great songs in the future.
The Best of Luck Club sounds and feels like a breakout record and, hopefully, Lahey can lead the charge when it comes to the army of Aussie acts currently knocking on the door of widespread adoration.
Alex has said that the album tracks “the highest highs and the lowest lows” of her life so far, but upon listening - despite an overall likeability and affable sheen - it’s a little flatter than that.
‘The Best of Luck Club’ is not quite as immediate as the bruising garage-rock intensity of her debut, but this is instead a world-building release.
Often, it’s hard to shake a sense that this is a jobbing songwriter in search of a niche.
This sophomore release continues to impress as she shows remarkable growth as a singer-songwriter with a knack for catchy hooks and shiny power pop sensibility that knocks out everything in the park.
This second full-length LP from Alex Lahey doesn't have the same energy of the debut, it's still a nice piece of Indie Rock and Pop but just doesn't feel like the best effort was put foward.
1 | I Don't Get Invited to Parties Anymore 4:08 | 70 |
2 | Am I Doing It Right? 4:07 | 66 |
3 | Interior Demeanour 3:48 | 60 |
4 | Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself 4:18 | 90 |
5 | Unspoken History 4:30 | 70 |
6 | Misery Guts 2:33 | 60 |
7 | Isabella 3:37 | 60 |
8 | I Need to Move On 4:13 | 60 |
9 | Black RMs 4:34 | 100 |
10 | I Want to Live with You 4:33 | 60 |
#43 | / | Under the Radar |