Ever wished you could be someone else? Ok Cowgirl’s Leah Lavigne surely has. The Brooklyn indie rock outfit’s second LP, Rhinestone Cowgirl, is preoccupied with “what if”’s and “why”’s, ruminating on the burnout and precarity in an artist’s path. Lavigne opens the record with what initially seems like an explicit expression of disillusionment: “Rock n Roll Ruined My Life” runs through the safer, more domestic scenarios that touring musicians forego for their art. But it’s the heartbreak and adventure that make it worth it, she explains as moody arpeggios simmer in the backdrop. It’s both a mourning of what could have been, and an acceptance that there’s something beautiful about putting everything on the line for self-expression. Ruining your life…

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