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Lilly Hiatt: Royal Blue

Holly Gleason, Paste, 3 March 2015

IF LENA DUNHAM is her generation's bullseye for narcissistic neurosis, then Lilly Hiatt is the Gen X/Y femme intellectuelle who uses hurt, doubt and self-knowledge for her own deliverance. Offering excruciating details, she rebruises ouchy places, freewheels through awkward spots and arrives at the final title song with the realization: "What would a good woman do? She'd move on and write a song or two."

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