Gwen Stefani THIS IS WHAT THE... Die Cut Sleeve with DL and recorded a handful of

and recorded a handful of their most memorable compositions

~ Paul Simpson Internal ID: JITRE

Songs like "Birthday Party" may still rely on the old-school Fugazi approach--the proven shout and power-chord stomp--but "Forensic Scene" sounds almost Beatlesque in its lovely hesitance

His mode has always been too slippery and restlessly progressive to be equated with any one track or album

and an ethos based in self-love

Gwen Stefani THIS IS WHAT THE... Die Cut Sleeve with DL and recorded a handful ofIt's hard to view the title of This Is What the Truth Feels Like, Gwen Stefani's first solo album in ten years, as anything other than confession: she's put away childish things so she can focus on what's real. Given that her past decade consisted of raising kids, divorcing a husband, stumbling through a No Doubt reunion, and finding redemption as a television star, there's a lot of ground for her to cover. Some of the album's sprawl is endemic to pop