365 Days, 365 Files: Bonnie Pink – Private Laughter
I was skeptical of Even So when it was released in 2004.
The time Bonnie Pink took to make Present felt appropriate, and the quality of the work showed. With Even So following 13 months later, I wondered if the same scattershot approach to Just a Girl would mire Even So.
But Bonnie was smart. Even So felt different without having to stray far from the introspective bread and butter of her songwriting. She trades in the usual intimate song here and there, but at other times, she’s actually rocking out.
The crunchy guitars on "Private Laughter" are nothing next to the wailing guitars on Cocco or Shiina Ringo albums. But for Bonnie Pink, they’re a display of muscle.
Like Present, Even So managed to stay focused. "1-2-3" might have been the only the clunker on the album, but the rest of it felt cohesive.
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