MAVIS GARY: PIN ME UP [2013]

“Mavis Gary, a soft-touching glam rock singer whose music sounds like a nostalgic callout to jangly pop and Big Star and also surf pop and girlish shift dresses, makes an imprint with his Pin Me Up release, ten songs of coy singing and unprocessed, soft-strummed electric guitar. It feels like a blushing flower that grows out of a dark shadow—with lines like “Daddy never loved me quite as much as you,” the underlying severity isn't far from the surface.”