Taste Test: Jen Starsinic buries her head in meanings of adulthood with ‘Foreign Thing’

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The American Dream was sold to the baby boomers in flashy magazine spreads and the perceived charm of the white picket fence – it was post-war and consumerism broke national anxieties. But in truth, today’s adulthood would offer something different. At least for millennials and Gen Z, the truth of the matter is: we inherited a tired economy. Alt-rocker Jen Starsinic expresses her own angst as a late-20-something still learning, still growing, still exasperated over a wearisome world. “Foreign Thing” has the tender cry of a classic country song, the tear dripping in the background, but in the foreground, electric guitars emit a steamy haze. Her voice seeps out of the ground, as she weeps, “”I learned the hand that feeds you keeps you quiet, keeps you dull / Hunger, not blood or trust, is how the west was won.” While she peeks inward through vulnerable, plaintive sheets, she also sees the world in a Trump-dominating world a bit differently. Originally released as a straight forward folk tune, found on a previous release, the song now echos through hardened rock halls and a far more mature glisten.

“Foreign Thing” is the latest primer from Starsinic’s new album, Bad Actor, out everywhere February 7.

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