Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What's Gone

"Suzie True are a fan's band. Named after a line in a song by 1990s Memphis punks the Oblivians and self-described as "if the Powerpuff Girls formed a Blink-182 cover band," they're proud pop culture junkies."

"These are songs for slamming your bedroom door because nobody understands, for pretending you're in a music video even though you're just driving around your hometown-with the windows down and the radio cranked all the way up, you can hardly tell the difference."

"On Suzie True's third LP, How I Learned to Love What's Gone, McCoy hasn't shed her self-deprecation or head-in-the-clouds romanticism; her arrested development acts both as a hurdle to clear on the way to becoming a so-called real adult and a protective shield against a society that punishes girls for daring to grow into women."

Suzie True are a fan's band named after a line in a song by 1990s Memphis punks the Oblivians and self-described as "if the Powerpuff Girls formed a Blink-182 cover band." Pop culture references appear frequently as shorthand for insecurities ("Collecting hearts like Pokémon/She's such a ch-ch-cherry bomb!") or objects of affection ("Dancing like it's 1987/And you say I'm just like heaven"), usually as outlets for escapism. The songs suit slamming bedroom doors and pretending to be in music videos while driving around hometowns with radios cranked. Youthful femininity and Y2K pop-punk nostalgia coexist with intelligence and self-awareness. Lexi McCoy's lyrics on How I Learned to Love What's Gone portray self-deprecation and romanticism; arrested development reads as both hurdle toward adulthood and protective shield against societal penalties for women who grow up.

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