Now six albums in, Hannah Georgas is fully in command of her art: her inward-looking lyrical perspective, and the various sonic dressings she can use to adorn her plaintive songs. I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care feels like the consummate Hannah Georgas album, as she becomes the truest version of herself.
The arrangements, produced with musical and romantic partner Ten Kills the Pack, run the gamut of her styles: the Cure-esque "Home" and catalogue highlight "Not the Name You Say" are draped in steely new wave synths, acoustic ballads "Beautiful View" and "Fake Happy" are among Georgas's quietest songs, while "Scratch" and "Better Somehow" split the difference by building from tender serenades to expansive anthems.
Tying it all together is Georgas's feather-light voice — an impeccable instrument that previously earned her a gig as the National's backing vocalist. It's the perfect vehicle for unflinching, almost uncomfortably forthright reflections on lost friendships and self-loathing, with the most devastating moment coming amidst the churning, shoegaze-adjacent guitars of "This Too Shall Pass": "Am I the laziest person I know, or am I just tormented? / Been walking around with so much god damn resentment / Don't know, but some days feel so low and so fucking pathetic." It cuts deep with the softness of a feather
(Arts & Crafts)The arrangements, produced with musical and romantic partner Ten Kills the Pack, run the gamut of her styles: the Cure-esque "Home" and catalogue highlight "Not the Name You Say" are draped in steely new wave synths, acoustic ballads "Beautiful View" and "Fake Happy" are among Georgas's quietest songs, while "Scratch" and "Better Somehow" split the difference by building from tender serenades to expansive anthems.
Tying it all together is Georgas's feather-light voice — an impeccable instrument that previously earned her a gig as the National's backing vocalist. It's the perfect vehicle for unflinching, almost uncomfortably forthright reflections on lost friendships and self-loathing, with the most devastating moment coming amidst the churning, shoegaze-adjacent guitars of "This Too Shall Pass": "Am I the laziest person I know, or am I just tormented? / Been walking around with so much god damn resentment / Don't know, but some days feel so low and so fucking pathetic." It cuts deep with the softness of a feather
