Right On!
by Jenny Lee
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. Record Collector
    Dec 14, 2015
    60
    With just a couple of standout tracks, this isn’t earth-shattering stuff--but it will resonate with existing Warpaint admirers, introducing Lindberg’s intoxicating siren call and reminding of the unique potency of her pin-sharp bass playing.
  2. DIY Magazine
    Dec 11, 2015
    60
    Jam is all well and good, but this record is at times lacking in the bread and butter of music--songs.
  3. PopMatters
    Dec 11, 2015
    60
    By applying Warpaint’s thin sonic veneer to yet another decade past on right on!, jennylee runs in place rather than moving forward.
  5. Q Magazine
    Dec 9, 2015
    60
    Lindberg is dedicated to atmosphere, and if these songs are disconcertingly hazy as they move through the dry ice, they just about hold a twisted shape of their own. [Jan 2016, p.111]
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  6. NOW Magazine
    Dec 9, 2015
    60
    The murky production sucks out some of the dynamics, but a few extra-spirited tracks push above the rest.
  7. Mojo
    Dec 9, 2015
    60
    Right On! seesaws between spectral moments of introspection and bristling passages of electric activity. [Jan 2016, p.88]
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  8. The Guardian
    Dec 9, 2015
    60
    Lindberg’s voice is not distinctive, and her lyrics are either indecipherable or wearyingly vague; in fact, there is really nothing arresting about her presence here.
  9. musicOMH.com
    Dec 8, 2015
    60
    In its best moments, Right On! is a dark, bewitching début that is bound to appeal to fans of Warpaint. Too often, though, its formulas are repeated and sketches left uncoloured to cumulatively less engaging effect.
  10. New Musical Express (NME)
    Dec 8, 2015
    60
    Lindberg’s first solo LP moves in mysterious, often circuitous ways, emphasising mood over melody and aesthetic over dynamic. Which is a polite way of saying that it’s something of a grower, whose charms are revealed like arcane secrets only to those with patience, persistence and a lack of proximity to heavy machinery.
  11. The Observer (UK)
    Dec 14, 2015
    40
    It’s all immaculately executed (with help from Warpaint bandmate Stella Mozgawa on drums), just too often desperately unmemorable.

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. TalentlessHack
    Dec 30, 2015
    6
    Right On! is the solo debut album from the front lady of Warpaint herself, Jenny Lee.

    A good friend of mine, a huge Warpaint fan,    Right On! is the solo debut album from the front lady of Warpaint herself, Jenny Lee.

    A good friend of mine, a huge Warpaint fan, recommended me this album and I decided to give it try. My first impression wasn't really a positive one, after consecutive listens I still wasn't very impressed by it.

    The songwriting wasn't anything to write home about and were overly simplistic for my tastes and Jenny would just repeat the lyrics in the same redundant way. Tracks like the intro, "blind" and "white devil" felt directionless, almost up to the point they almost felt pointless.

    However, the songs that I did like on this record, "offerings", "boom boom", "he fresh" and to an extend "riot" and "bully" are songs that I will have in my rotation for the next couple of weeks. These songs were seeping with attitude, vibrancy and felt ambitious. "offerings" especially gave me some vibes from the recent My Brightest Diamond album "This Is My Hand".

    Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe I don't get the full artistic idea behind this record...
    But I do know that this album just simply did not resonate with me on the level that I hoped for.

    Fav Tracks: offerings, he fresh, boom boom
    Least Fav Tracks: blind, white devil, never    … Full Review »
  2. JBBu
    Dec 26, 2015
    10
    This album has the sonic feel of the more Avant Garde late 70's - early 80's post punk bands that I love (early Cocteau Twins, Ut, JoyThis album has the sonic feel of the more Avant Garde late 70's - early 80's post punk bands that I love (early Cocteau Twins, Ut, Joy Division/early New Order). The vocals/lyrics serve an atmospheric, expressive function rather than a literal one. The songs are a moody post punk psychedelic pop that sound not unlike like the mother ship, Warpaint, but slightly more intriguing... and edgy. In a time of endless reconstructions of banal pop styles, this stands out. No wonder some of the critics were unsure...it is over their heads.… Full Review »
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