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Lydia Loveless is a alternative country singer-songwriter signed to Bloodshot Records. Her music combines classic country, honky tonk, and punk rock.
Early life
Loveless grew up on a farm in a rural area outside of Coshocton, Ohio. She felt like an outcast in a town that emphasized religion and conformity. Her family is musicial: Loveless' father is a drummer (he has recorded with her) who owns a country-western bar, and when she was thirteen, Loveless joined her two older sisters in a new-wave band.
Career
At a show in Cincinnati, Loveless met producer David Rhodes Brown who went on to producer her first album, The Only Man. Loveless was not happy with the slick production of the album. Determined to make a more raw and edgier album, she released Indestructible Machine in 2012 with songs that feature themes of her frustration with her hometown, drinking, depression, and a song about an imaginary stalking by Steve Earle. Loveless recorded the album when she was in her early twenties.
Critical reception
Indestructible Machine received praise in publications such as the Chicago Tribune, Allmusic, and The Washington Post. Greg Kot wrote that "Her defiant tone is matched by songs that put country and punk on equal ground, unvarnished and direct". She is compared to Neko Case, Loretta Lynn and Exene Cervenka. Loveless commented, "I get the 'next Neko Case' or 'not as good as Neko Case' thing all the time. Hopefully I can write songs in the future that don't make it so easy to be compared to anyone else."
