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   Lisa Loeb returns with "No Fairy Tale"   
      
   Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb’s new CD, “No Fairy Tale,” contains her   
   first collection of grown-up tunes in nearly a decade, but don’t let   
   the long gap fool you – the past 10 years have been the busiest of her   
   life.   
      
   Loeb, 45, started writing “No Fairy Tale” in the early 2000s, but the   
   album didn’t get off the ground until late 2010, when musician Chad   
   Gilbert, guitarist and member of New Found Glory, insisted the two   
   record a “punk-pop-rock” record together.   
      
   “I loved his attitude and that he instigated it so enthusiastically,   
   and he was all about doing it as soon as possible,” said Loeb, born in   
   Bethesda, Md. “I think I kind of needed that just because I was too   
   carefully putting together other projects that weren’t actually   
   getting done.”   
      
   Though the two recorded the album’s 12 tracks pretty fast, Loeb got   
   pregnant with her second child in the midst of finalizing the record –   
   hence its two-year delay in release.   
      
   The title “No Fairy Tale” may sound somewhat pessimistic, but Loeb   
   said it actually notes how life can be better than make believe.   
      
   “I wanted to emphasize both the ups and downs of relationships and   
   defining them and getting in and out of them,” said the “Stay”   
   crooner. “I think it’s important to look at all the different things   
   in life as making up a very rich life, not just the things you take   
   beautiful photographs of.”   
      
   Much of the new record catalogs the highs and hurdles of romance. The   
   ‘80s-tinged “Walls” bounces between moody confessions of a woman   
   scared to share her feelings, and heavy choruses pleading for fears to   
   subside. The conflicting “He Loved You So Much” details a seemingly   
   loving relationship in which hidden truths lead to its demise. And the   
   rocker “Married” tells the story of the other woman in a married man’s   
   affair.   
      
   The cat-eyed glasses songstress doubles back to her early days with   
   “The '90s,” a fun and fast-paced track that recounts shooting her 1994   
   Grammy-nominated debut single, “Stay (I Missed You),” from the   
   “Reality Bites” soundtrack. The number one hit is still the only pop   
   single to top Billboard’s chart without the artist being signed to a   
   record label.   
      
   “The '90s” opens with Loeb describing how she wanted higher platform   
   shoes and a shorter skirt for the video so that she could “shake it up   
   on MTV.” The track also addresses the frustration with often being   
   pigeonholed a folk artist by big-time music executives who say one   
   thing, but mean another.   
      
   The lyrics are much more blatant than Loeb’s typical songwriting   
   approach, but she said she enjoys stretching her skills.   
      
   “I give myself little assignments to try things in different ways, and   
   I try not to worry so much about how abstract, or how direct or how   
   poetic my writing is,” she said. “I try to write what’s right for the   
   song.”   
      
   Despite any hardships in making a name for herself, or that she sings   
   about not wanting to go back to the '90s, Loeb still reflects fondly   
   on the era.   
      
   “There’s a few things that are slightly cringe-worthy, but it’s that   
   freshman feeling … the enthusiasm, the willingness to do whatever it   
   takes to become a professional,” she said. “But I think that’s what it   
   takes – that energy and determination and that kind of wide-eyed   
   feeling that you can change things and have some control over your   
   destiny … I think that’s how you get where you’re going.”   
      
   The future looks quite promising for Loeb if where she is going is   
   anything compared to where she is now. She plans to tour in support of   
   “No Fairy Tale” throughout the year, in addition to releasing a new   
   children’s book/CD, “Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Moving and Shaking,” on   
   April 2.   
      
   “We don’t always have control over all of our time, but I think as   
   much as possible, it’s that person’s responsibility to do the best   
   that they can with their life, and to live it as full as they can,”   
   she said.   
      
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