I’ll admit to being a bit unsure about Jen Wood at first. Granted that I haven’t heard any of her previous works, but Find You In Love’s opening track (and promotional mp3) “Pills” has far too much teen-angst for me to take it seriously. Fact is it gives me the image of a 17-year old girl sitting in her room, writing the dear diary-like lyrics in a pretty note book while looking out the window now and then to ponder over why she can’t seem relate to other people her age. And Jen Wood is not in her teens any more.

Luckily the vacuous “Pills” is rather lonely at the very bottom of the barrel as other tracks manage to float higher, some even reaching the surface. “Zeppelin”, for instance is rather nice with it’s autumn-like beauty, as is “Red Sun”, but neither songs are particularly memorable. “Beautiful”, “Trust”  and “People Like Us” on the other hand have a more intricate touch to them, sometimes both lyric- as well as melody wise.

The best tracks however are the introspective ballad “Flight”, and the slightly more playful “Beautiful Morning” which actually offers the listener some surprise with its shifts in mood and tempo. But I’m afraid the overall impression I get of Finds You In Love is “girl with guitar feels sorry for herself and sings a bit about it”.

~ “Pills” , “Zeppelin” ~