ALEX LAHEY WELCOMES YOU TO 'THE BEST OF LUCK CLUB'


Alex Lahey is all grown up. The bubble-gum, cotton-candy, socially aware pop of her debut has evolved into something grittier, more direct and more driven. She remains honest in her song-writing, it’s part of her identity now and the reason she’s such a special talent. Opening with the determined ‘I Don’t Get Invited To Parties Anymore’, you already know the core values of Lahey’s music has remained, but the riff is more serious, a stuttering pair of chords matching Lahey’s vocal, which is more assured on this album. Instrumental progression can be heard on the album’s lead-single, ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ as a saxophone solo closes out the track. Meanwhile cultural and political progression is told through Lahey’s words as she comments on her home-nation’s progressive politics around LGBTQ marriage. All in all, the cheekiness that made us all fall in love with Lahey is apparent throughout as she meets various characters in The Best of Luck Club, a fictional bar, telling tales and stories as she meets these strangers. So pull up a stool, get drinking and get listening, it’s a belter.

Haiku Review
More direct, driven,
Instrumental progression,
Honest song-writing
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Words by Johnny Rogerson

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