Album Review: Jessy Lanza Has All The Time

If you were to put the 80’s in a ice-cream swirl machine, and then dump a whole bunch of candies in the form of synths and analogs, you would get Jessy Lanza’s All The Time. Upon listen, it is hard not to want to walk in an 80’s sitcom: filled with big hair, surmounts of rouge, and the belief that Billy’s underage drinking, with Karen, were the warning signs of a sinful future. Trust me! Karen has some other darkness, but this album is far from it. 
Jessy Lanza – Anyone Around

Random Compliment Alert! Random Compliment Alert! What I most enjoyed about Lanza’s record is that it makes you feel active enough to do workouts and imaginative enough to make that workout feel fun. See, I told you it was random! Yet, working out is not simply hard because of exertion  as much as attention. 10 Jumping Jacks in and, suddenly, watching a key-holder feels riveting. Yet, it is albums like, All The Time, that have a way of wrapping your mind to make you believe that mundane chores are, actually, opportunities to pretend to be Olivia Newton John in Xanadu. 
Jessy Lanza – Face

In some ways I find All The Time’s bombastic, range of sounds fascinating because Jessy Lanza  composed and wrote the lyrics while observing things like people’s facial expressions, particularly in terms of her inner feelings. In essence, she pondered how another’s smile could embody her joy or whether another’s grimace could reflect her disappointment. Yet, the emotionality of her record comes forth in its soundscape, while Lanza’s voice remaining cool-headed. Similar to my obsession, Park Hye Jin, Lanza lets her backdrop be her voice, while her actual one the mood-setter. Hence, All The Time will gets you hyped, but it also is very trance-like, which is why, again, I worked out so well with this record! All The Time Comes Out July 24.