On the surface, all indications are that Chastity Belt maintain their penchant for quietly wry humor on this fifth album, their first since 2019. A group that claims to have started playing together as a joke, naming their first album No Regrets because of both the title and the artwork featuring a dancing tube man on an inflatable, is still crazy about it to this day. This suggests that. smile. But spend a little more time with this Seattle-based quartet, and you'll discover that vocalist Julia Shapiro's insightful lyricism and goofy delivery are a perfect fit for millennial ennui. You can see that they are experts at jumping over deep water with ease.
The musical parameters subtly developed on its predecessor, Chastity Belt, are expanded upon significantly on Live Laugh Love, likely due to the fact that it was recorded over three sessions in consecutive calendar years. , this seems to be due to the sharing of vocal roles. All four members. There's some continuation of the woozy, sun-soaked territory first visited in “Chastity Belt,” especially opener “Hollow,” but elsewhere there's quiet meandering drama (“I-90 Bridge”), scuzzy There is a subtle development of college rock. Experimental etudes like the guitar (“Clumsy” and “It’s Cool”) and the shape-shifting freeform “Blue,” a track with a typical chastity message, “I have to step away from the internet/Suddenly.” By opening up their songwriting process, the band was able to create a more unique sound. The possibilities from here seem endless.