Mary Lees Corvette – Love Loss & Lunacy
All That Glitters, this albums opening cut, truly does glitter with pure pop delight. The song sublimely wraps jangly guitars, girl-group vocals and a bouncy backbeat into something irresistibly infectious. Frontwoman Mary Lee Kortes and her band maintain this magical folk/rock/pop revelry throughout Love Loss & Lunacy. The wonderful Wasting The Sun boasts more big riffs and Beatlesque touches. Nothing Left To Say and Lucky Me ache with classic southern-pop hurt, while the quiet Thunderstruck charms as a heartfelt love ode. Im Saving Grace is the type of radio-friendly tune Chrissie Hynde no longer seems to create. For the most part, Kortes wisely eschews cutesiness for classic pop craft. The main exception is Where did I Go Wrong, Elton John, a pleasant lament overshadowed by its clever title. That slight misstep aside, Mary Lees Corvette has created a terrific top-down, tool-around-town-on-a-sunny-day ride.