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Local CD review: LZ Love ‘Mysterious’
LZ Love
`Mysterious’
“I was abused and misused just for being different/I thought something was wrong with me/I was blind but now I see,” sings Austin R&B treasure LZ Love on “This Is My Life,” the opening track off “Mysterious.” It’s vintage Love in the sound - funky, body-moving, soul-stirring rhythm and blues that recalls the dance music that made Love so popular in Europe in the 1980s and ’90s. But the lyrics, from the intro all the way to synth-laden closer “New Life” (“I’m learning to move beyond my shadows … I’m ready for a new life”) weave the long and winding tale of Love’s travails as a transgender singer, amply detailed in an Austin Chronicle cover story for last month’s Pride Weekend. That confessional angle - though oblique and rarely obvious -could bog down a lesser artist, but Love’s learned her lessons from her long involvement with gospel music. Even when confronting difficult issues of sexuality and personal challenge, she strives to keep it as sassy and optimistic as possible, from the disco grooves of “Chica Boom” to her deeply uplifting rendition of Stephen Bruton’s “Spirit World.”
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By Trish Rollins, Austinite
July 22, 2010 2:58 PM | Link to this
When most artists put out a record/cd you can hear a lot of songs that have that same beat or sound. In this new release of Lz Love’s each song is uniquely different, from hard rock to love that transpires across the airwaves in “Missing One”. I’m so glad she went underground for a year to come out this summer with a blast of new and exciting music!!!
By Michael
July 23, 2010 11:58 AM | Link to this
If you think the CD is great, you have to catch LZ at a live performance.