IN EXILE DEO

1. Get In Line
2. Jamie’s In Town
3. Tourist
4. Some Rainy Sunday
5. Tomorrow Never Comes
6. Forever
7. Dirty Dog
8. Because We Love You
9. Singing In The Shower
10. It Should’ve Been You
11. Sunshine
12. Don’t Let Me Down
13. My Enemy

The themes of dysfunction are again explored on this album but with a look to the future and not always a positive one. But for the most part the themes concentrate on the personal demons we face and the habits we maybe should break, but with an acceptance that this is who we are.

Sometimes Juliana takes on the role of commentator such as on the tale of the 40 year old Singing In The Shower, “dreaming of nights he’s been missing all of his life”. On tracks such as the dark Forever she acknowledges a pattern and tells herself “just one more, then I’ll quit, forever”.

Then just as the album nears its close comes the truly upbeat moment on Sunshine: “i've been sleeping through my life / now I'm waking up / and I want to stand in the sunshine”. The song has a beautiful uplifting tune to match.

An album of comfort and inspiration.

Personnel

Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar
Peter Adams – keyboards
Jill Kurtz – harmonica
Josh Lattanzi – bass guitar, background vocals
Rob Turner – cello
Larry Packer – violin
Damon Richardson – drums
Steve Scully – drums

OTHER REVIEWS

"In the best sense, Hatfield sounds mature for the first time, bringing together the precious pop and ringing rock that she had compartmentalized on the simultaneously released Beautiful Creature and Total System Failure, and writing with a wry, knowing sense of irony."

9/10

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic