"My generation is not stoic or serene, I'm gonna make a lot of money and quit this crazy scene," sings Allison Crutchfield on "You", a nod to Joni Mitchell's "River".
This confessional, raw lyricism is typical of Lean In To It, a seven-track lo-fi pop-punk EP filled with drum machines, synthesizers, and the same conversational honesty that you'd expect from a singer-songwriter who references Mitchell in a track. Recorded in her parents' Birmingham basement and her bedroom in Philadelphia, it has all of the makings of an bedroom rock classic, particularly the songs featuring Sam Cook-Parrott as her duet partner.
It's a fine balance of confessional ballad and scrappy indie rock, all united by Crutchfield's Gen-Y sentiment.
★★★★
