JENNY LEWIS On The Line (Warner) The thing is, I knew Jenny Lewis was good, smarter than so much of the rest, and thought I was prepared. But On The Line is something else, in a bold, to-be-admired-yet-still-deeply satisfying way. And it starts from this: we know the territory with break up and post-break up pop albums. We have been travelling through it for nigh on 50 years, know the options, and probably have our preferred route. There are the bitter, sometimes rancorous on

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