Real
Lydia Loveless specializes in what’s best described as Rust Belt alt-country. The Columbus, Ohio, musician and her band rough up twang-bent guitars, mewling pedal steel, and lilting vocals with scruffy classic rock signifiers. As a result, Loveless’ music (especially on her 2014 breakthrough album, Somewhere Else)…
Lydia Loveless adds brawn and poppy accents to her country rock without compromising her spirit and message on Real.
Discover Real by Lydia Loveless released in 2016. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Over the course of four albums, 25-year-old Lydia Loveless has undergone a metamorphosis. Her latest, Real, sounds like Loveless has found herself, somewhere between traditional country and ’70s pop rock.
Even with improved production values and greater musical eclecticism, Real is still fittingly unadulterated.
Most Lydia Loveless reviews begin with some reference to that now archaic prefix alt and that slippery lil’ suffix country.