THE COOL GIRL
ERIN MCKEOWN
“There’s a risk, there’s a twist, in anything worth doing,” sings McKeown on this year’s Hundreds of Lions. Indeed, the Virginia-born multi-instrumentalist took a risk releasing her 2009 album without label support, but the results prove it was worth it. From the stifling whispers on “(Put the Fun Back in) the Funeral” to the arena-rock climax of “28” to the electronic scribbles and brooding woodwinds in “All That Time You Missed,” Hundreds of Lions is one of the most polished, eclectic song cycles of the year.
