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Amy Ray
Late Bloom
Album: Stag
Genres: Pop
Indigo folkie Amy Ray is on her own here, plugging in, amping up, and churning out some confident chick rock for all of you “Late Bloom”-ers.

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	Indigo girl Amy Ray goes solo here and though she’s sans longtime partner Emily Saliers, she “won’t be a pawn,” as “Late Bloom”’s lyrics so pointedly state. Instead, she craftily maintains the pop standards that attracted fans to her band in the first place: tough girl stance, accessible melodies, and hook-oriented song structure. Ray’s not rewriting the rock ‘n’ roll rule books here and there’s not much new to discover in this fairly formulaic pop-rocker. It’s basically watered-down Melissa Etheridge, but kudos to the arranger, who toys with the musical dynamics enough to lend subtle sonic hues to an otherwise bland songscape. The fuzzy lead guitar sounds vaguely dated and strangely amateurish, resulting in a track that seems more akin to the stage of a local college bar than the halls of a major record company.

	*Deborah Russell*
	Deborah Russell is a video producer and publicist for MusicBlitz, as well as a former editor at LAUNCH.com and Billboard magazine.