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IN FLIGHT
KILL ROCK STARS
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This is not the first time In Flight has been released: in 1995, Linda Perry was flush from the success of "What’s Up?", the sole hit by her drippy San Francisco band 4 Non Blondes. When the Blondes imploded before making a second album, Perry used her record-biz pull to get Interscope to issue Flight, her solo debut. The disc — much darker and brainier than "What’s Up?" — flopped, and Interscope quickly deleted it. A few weeks ago in the New York Times, Anthony DeCurtis reported that once Perry had established a reputation as an estimable song doctor — she’s worked with Pink, Gwen Stefani, and Christina Aguilera of late — she called up Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine and asked for her album back. So here’s In Flight for the second time, brought to you by the artist-friendly folks at Kill Rock Stars, a small but hearty indie that matches what Perry says are her greatly reduced expectations as an artist. It’s very much a transmission from a place of post-prosperity self-doubt: "Will success fail me?" she wonders at one point. But this clever little album is worth hearing now as early proof of Perry’s knack for the tricky craft of tunemaking. Linda Perry + Sierra Swan + Chad Perrone | Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm Ave, Boston | Nov 2 | 617.228.6000
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