Havoc and Bright Lights
Nearly two decades on from her howling breakthrough, Alanis Morissette exudes a sense of mature, serene calm on *Havoc and Bright Lights*. Sure, the alt-rock icon can still exorcise her demons on tracks like the scathing, dissonant \"Celebrity.\" But the album\'s heart comes from its moments of bliss. The delicate and shimmering \"\'Til You\" is one of Morissette\'s most tender love songs, while the carefree and playful vibe of the poppy \"Win and Win\" paints a picture of an artist finally singing from her happy place.
Alanis Morissette’s consistency is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, her albums can always be counted on to deliver a familiar combination of crunchy ’90s alt-rock, folk-leaning moments, and hyper-self-aware lyrics. On the other hand, this narrow focus means she’s often unfairly reduced to an unflattering…
When barely post-adolescent Alanis Morissette exploded spewing vitrol and bodily fluids with her raging accusation of the spurned, You Oughta Know from the mega-hit Jagged Little Pill, her righteous fury eclipsed everything else about her music.
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<p>Alanis Morissette has gone all soft rock on album number eight, writes <strong>Hermione Hoby</strong></p>
Morissette’s trademark songwriting idiosyncrasies are very deliberately scaled back on Havoc and Bright Lights.
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