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Within the first few notes of opener “Love That’s Gone”—before a single word is uttered—it’s pretty clear that Sees the Light is a breakup record. In fact, Vivian Girls bassist Katy Goodman’s second long-player under the La Sera moniker could convey the emotions of eternally gray days even if the vocals were completely stripped away.

Then again, the song titles leave little to the imagination (“Break My Heart,” “It’s Over Now,” “Don’t Stay”). And that opening song is a heartbreaker, traipsing along like a lost track from Fleetwood Mac’s post-breakup album Tusk (Christine McVie’s opening saddy “Over and Over” comes to mind). Even the crystalline guitar lines running through “Love That’s Gone” sound as if they could be traced back to Lindsey Buckingham.

Sees the Light does benefit, however, from Goodman’s pure and honeyed voice—it’s what brings the record’s 10 bare-bones garage pop songs to life.

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