Rave Magazine Album Review: If She Knew: Alex Lindsey Jones

Sydney Singer-Songwriter releases four year labour of love.

I'm not going to lie: I originally picked up this album from the Rave Office mainly because of the fact that this singer-songwriter is the first male besides Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham who has their names spelt the same as me. Recorded over a four year period after Jones' musical travels took him to the U.K. and back, If She Knew has just enough abrasive sheen to keep this collection of pop rock songs standing outside the box. Jones' main arsenal is his unique, raspy voice - like a male equivalent of Renee Geyer. It drives songs like lead single Your Love Is Amazing and the contemplative Saint in a way that leaves Jones' individuality lingering all over the otherwise by-the-numbers songwriting. And therein lies the struggle for If She Knew: an otherwise stereotypical album of lovesick pining kept together by an artist with enough character to help it stand on its own.

Lindsey Cuthbertson