Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins

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Jenny Lewis is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, CA. Most days (and nights) you can find Jenny Lewis singing and playing with Rilo Kiley, a quartet whose third album, 2004’s More Adventurous, has charmed and delighted fans and peers worldwide. 2005 alone saw Rilo Kiley garner accolades from heroes (Elvis Costello), magazine covers by the fistful, and a spot opening for Coldplay on their recent sold-out arena tour. But in the tiny moments between the stage and the studio, after the photo shoots but before the bars, Jenny spends time by herself, daydreaming and strumming on her acoustic guitar. And the sound of that time alone is Rabbit Fur Coat, Jenny’s first solo album.

“There’s a need to keep writing even after you finish a record,” says Jenny about the downtime that followed the occasionally tumultuous recording of More Adventurous, “but it’s taken me some years to feel confident writing alone. Now I realize the privacy behooves my songwriting. I was more relaxed and worked on these songs at my leisure.” Still, even with a bevy of “private” songs cluttering up the corners of her brain (“they were slightly more sedate, more word-focused”), Jenny had no plans to release or even record the lot of them. It took a Bright Eye-d friend to convince her otherwise. “I didn’t even consider making a solo record until Conor asked me a couple of years ago,” she laughs. “He said he was starting a label, Team Love, and he’d love for me to make a record for it.”

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KingSteven16 wrote:
Saturday morning

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RhileeRulez wrote:
last week

you can't merge jenny lewis with the watson twins and jenny lewis...they are two different things... Just like Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks can't be mixed with Stephen Malkmus and the Billy Bragg & Wilco can't be mixed with either of the individual names... it chart integrity :)

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davidmsy wrote:
December 2008

I hope this is merged with Jenny Lewis, it's become confusing. :/

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SteveXBuscemi wrote:
December 2008

I love this album wit all my wee lil heart

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KILLAmeggy wrote:
November 2008

I listen to this album over and over and over and over.

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ClarkMario wrote:
November 2008

I lov3 it!

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kristenbrutus wrote:
October 2008

Oh I'm really starting to miss this album.

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BeckRokk wrote:
October 2008

Love this album to death, but haven't logged it yet. Quick question: Does anyone know what she meant about her mom in the lines- "my mom really suffered for that/ she spent her life in a gold-plated body cast"? I've been thinking about it for a while and am interested in any thoughts on it.

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HighOnSunday51 wrote:
September 2008

rabbit fur coat will always be one of my most favorite albums ever

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miguel88 wrote:
September 2008

jenny lewis's album here: rapidshare .com/files/144004032/jlewis-atongue.rar

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cricketlove00 wrote:
August 2008

I'm so excited that "Fernando" will be on the new album, although I didn't realize there was a SEE in the title.

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RottenBerry wrote:
August 2008

I don't think merging Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins with Jenny Lewis is a good idea--particularly given the fact that Jenny Lewis has a new CD coming out w/out their input. And it's going to be a different sound because of it. When bands do things like putting 'feat.' on their cover or in their album title, they do it on purpose and should be respected. Dance Hall at Louse Point is a John Parish AND Polly Jean Harvey album...not a PJ Harvey album, etc.

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scottvodka wrote:
August 2008

haha @ krall-la-la

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_mr_brightside wrote:
August 2008

I agree with affray .

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[deleted-user] wrote:
July 2008

Man, look at the cover. You should appreciate the work of the Watson Twins on the album.
[deleted-user] wrote:
July 2008

Chartfuck suxx.
[deleted-user] wrote:
July 2008

i agree with WalrusOct9 - "jenny lewis with the watson twins" and "jenny lewis" should just be merged to keep it more organised. (plus it screws with my charts T_T haha)
[deleted-user] wrote:
July 2008

Good music indeed, the first album is pretty much listened to a thousand times, and now I'm waiting for the second one to come, hopefully I'll live to September.
huntingeye wrote:
July 2008

absolutely fantastic. Can't get "You Are What You Love" out of my head. Jenny <3

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al12345678 wrote:
July 2008

i just joined this.. how come we can't listen to some songs? will we eventually? i'm confused, D:

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