Stay Alive
The Against Me! frontwoman intended to record these bracing songs with her main band before the pandemic sidelined that plan. Her austere solo version feels like a pale shadow of the real thing.
Laura Jane Grace offers a beating heart on solo surprise release Stay Alive
Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace sends out postcards from the edge on surprise solo album, Stay Alive
A record of songs meant for her band Against Me! have made their way into the world as a Laura Jane Grace solo album. Read our review.
Released without warning at the start of October 2020, Stay Alive is undoubtedly a COVID-19 quarantine album, a record whose very existence is due to an artist coping with enforced isolation.
The lockdown album is set to be a major trope over the next 18 months, as musicians, songwriters, and producers allow their quarantined status to become