Inner Lovetheonlyway
Published May 01, 2002
The music industry has been very good to Jennifer Turner. Turner got her big break as a writing partner for Natalie Merchant (around the time of Tigerlily), then had some time in the spotlight with her own band Furslide touring with the likes of Smashing Pumpkins and Alanis Morrissette. These days, shes started her own record label and has a new solo project called Inner, so maybe shes getting by on her talent instead. Inners debut album, Lovetheonlyway, is a departure from the music Turners been involved with before: the arrangements are sparser, the vocals are frequently distorted and there are all manner of drumbeats looping through many of the songs. It is almost as if there is a calculated attempt to make the songs sound slightly off-kilter, perhaps as a reaction to her time spent with major labels. It makes for an album that isnt as immediate as some of the other music shes been involved with, but it definitely makes for a much more interesting listen. Lovetheonlyway is not the typical album most people have come to expect from a female singer-songwriter, and that alone makes it worth a listen. Songs like the pleading "Downtome and the straightforwardly acoustic "Stories are some of the best that shes ever been involved with.
(Caboose)