#001: Alex Lahey - I Haven't Been Taking Care Of Myself

My skin's breaking out and I don't like what I see
When I walk past shiny surfaces, I don't like being me

A singer songwriter who makes power pop sound like an elemental life force, Alex Lahey is a disarming charmer, a witty emo kid, a serious goofball. Those well worn subjects, life, love, work, heartbreak, are given new life, a whole new energy, through her songs, to the extent that any other takes on this style of music feel superfluous. She rocks, and pops, entirely naturally, joyful, tearful and bittersweet. This song captures all of those qualities in a bitterly funny criticism of herself for her entirely relatable bad habits, universal but specific. We all have our flaws, self imposed, fixable, and worth celebrating. Alex Lahey lets you do that with a wordless coda so triumphant it sounds like a national anthem. Next time you pass the mirror, say hi.