Consumer Guide Album

Rosie Tucker: Never Not Never Not Never Not [New Professor, 2019]
Neither irresistibly melodic nor mind-bogglingly eloquent, this 2019 debut album by a then-21-year-old USC music major is dominated by likable love songs more affectionate than impassioned and more provisional than connubial. There's a decency and wonderment here that's both commonplace and touching. If you regard enduring romantic affection as a worthy goal for humans on the brink of adulthood, you'll root for both principals to get past the disconnects while accepting that sometimes love just doesn't last and that's the way it is. A-