Juanita Stein's new album

The second solo album from Juanita Stein - the former Howling Bells singer and guitarist - “Until The Lights Fade” shows that on her 2017 solo debut "America" Juanita Stein was getting her bearings.

Those faux-country stylings have faded into the background, and while there’s a link with the dark cool of her previous band, this is a leaner, grittier offering, more direct and dynamic, particularly the single “Forgiver” co-written with The Killers’ Brandon Flowers.
French Film is haunting and cryptic and Release Me, etched with twinkling celeste, suggests the nocturnal musings of Mazzy Star. But overall the songs are more demonstrative.
On “Get Back To The City” Stein explains why “sometimes the cool girls end up with the assholes” to a typically strong melody and widescreen chorus. Her lyrics draw you in, as she explores the chemistry of attraction on the title track to an appropriately sexy descending chord sequence, while a fly-by-night lover gets his comeuppance on Easy Street.