Alex Da Ponte - All My Heart on CD

Description

Alex da Ponte is 27 and in January she'll release 'All My Heart', a record whose title is as evocative as it is precise. Ultimately what Alex made happen was a thesis for 20-something self-discovery. All My Heart is bright, fresh and biting, as honest and brash as it is knowingly self-conscious: that perfect juxtaposition of emotion that pop music has been trying to capture for decades. Guiding you through it is Alex da Ponte, her voice earning comparisons to Jenny Lewis and Karen O, and her style (a blend of femininity and punk undeniably influenced by 90s alternative) to Courtney Love's Hole. The band includes Rick Steff and Roy Berry on keys and drums (Lucero), Geoff Smith on bass (Star & Micey), Jonathan Kirkscey and Jessie Munson on cello and violin and Robby Davis on guitar. Standouts on the record include "Dinosaur," a simple and surprising alt-pop love song (a gentle little dinosaur / but your heart sure weighed a ton), the sharp, witty post-breakup gem "Tell Your Friends," and "Nevermind," a sweetly sung indie anthem whose title phrase again seems to capture that indecision of this perfectly undecided decade.