A Little More Like You

Pip Blom “Truth”

There’s a part of my brain that hears Pip Blom’s songs and starts running a scan of my memory to figure out where I’ve heard her rhythms and chord progressions before. It’s all Alt-Rock 101 stuff, so it’s like — is that “Polly”? is that “Song 2”? is that some PJ Harvey thing? But this doesn’t get in the way of Blom’s songs, which all have immediate earworm hooks that benefit greatly from the blunt force of these simple chords. There’s a physicality to this music that you get from all the best ‘90s rock – she makes you feel the gestures and movements of playing the guitar, the impact of a snare hit, the raw sensation in your throat you get from using your voice the “wrong” way. She puts you right inside the anxiety of the song, and keeps her language as blunt as the rhythm so all the lust, confusion, self-doubt, and resentment in the lyrics are delivered to you entirely undiluted.

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