Jen Trynin
Gun Shy Trigger Happy (Warner Bros.)
by Marc Hirsh
Jen Trynin
Gun Shy Trigger Happy (Warner Bros.)
by Marc Hirsh
originally published in Space City Rock, Spring 1999
So blithely unfazed by her triumphant debut (1995's killer Cockamamie) is Jen (name shortened, like her hair) that she kicks things off with what could be a leftover from her last one (the bitter and pretty "Go Ahead") and then proceeds to demolish her past and build a cathedral from the rubble. There's lovely melodic rock ("If I"), lovely melodic balladry ("Everything") and lovely melodic sonic experimentation ("Rang You and Ran"), all sung with Jen's creamy voice that gets more and more appealing with each song. Improvement: only one clunker (the nip-and-tuck nightmare of "Under the Knife"), as opposed to the three on Cockamamie. That's called progress.