Compared to Germano's self-financed debut, On the Way Down From the Moon Palace, Happiness is a more cohesive and evenly listenable work, but with all the experimental quirks left in.
On her first major-label release, John Mellencamp violinist Lisa Germano plunges into that abyss of misery, alienation and screwed-up relationships we all know and love.
Listening to Lisa Germano's smart and subtle lyrics on Happiness, it's hard to imagine that this 29-year old violinist once backed Bob Seger as he wheezed lines like "love to watch her strut."
Lisa Germano got her start in rock ‘n’ roll jumping around her house in Mishawaka, Ind., with her five brothers and sisters, strumming on a tennis racket for an imaginary band called the Jack Beany Benny Club.
