“I am not a successful adult!” screamed Nick Miller to his father on New Girl last season. This is what I internally and sometimes really yell in the middle of the day. I try to look on the bright side of being college educated and unemployed, but as your friends circle around with jobs and opportunities, the outlook turns grim. There was one ounce of hope though. It came in a line off Jodi Good’s Definitely Different. While most of the album reads like a girl’s diary overflowing with the turmoil of love and whatnot done in a singer/songwriter manner, I zeroed in on that one line and grasped on.
If put in a battle with the other songs on the record, “Definitely Different” would be the champ. It’d come out with a title belt held high as it’s the only song to really say something truly different than the rest. This of course is where my possible favorite lyric of the year comes from, “…may not have a real job, but believe I work damn hard.” After that pronouncement, the record takes a turn and never really returns to the starting point. The rest of the songs lack the energy of the first, but “Skin and Bones” manages to be the slow song that compliments “Definitely Different.” The vocals in that one showcase the vulnerability of Jodi well.
If you find yourself waiting for Sara Bareilles vinyl on Record Store Day, then you will want to take some time to check out Jodi Good. She’s definitely up your alley. You might also want to check Good out because you’re looking for a job and need a positive reminder that you’re worthy (I sure did). Definitely Different is out July 30th, so don’t forget.
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