Album Review: Jenny and Jonny – I’m Having Fun Now (Warner Bros)

Boy-Girl-jangly-summer-pop is still going strong but tackling 'issues' doesn't always work

Another boy-girl duo unleash their love on the world via the medium of music. Brilliant. Actually, this one almost is. Jenny ‘[a]Rilo Kiley[/a]’ Lewis, and Jonathan ‘Just Recorded Under His Own Name’ Rice’s brand of folk-indie-pop – jangly guitars, sweetly shared harmonies, echoes of the Deep South – isn’t groundbreaking, but probably wasn’t supposed to be. While most tracks deal with relationship fall-out, the couple also tackle ‘issues’. In ‘Big Wave’ they discuss the economic crisis, while ‘My Pet Snake’ contains the lyric, “I don’t believe in sucking my way to the top”. Charming.

Molly Hughes

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