She & Him: M. Ward and Zooey Deschaenel should provide the perfect soundtrack for a late-spring evening on the lakefront with their ‘60s-inspired pop melodies and bittersweet break-up songs, 6:30 p.m. Monday at Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, free; millenniumpark.org.
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The album runs the gamut from orchestrated splendor (“Thieves”) to a cappella melancholy (“If You Can’t Sleep”). In between Deschanel embraces piano pop, country twang, even a spritz of flamenco (“Lingering Still”), while resurrecting the lost NRBQ should’ve-been-hit “Ridin’ in My Car.” Her songs do the relationship waltz with guarded optimism; her voice is tinged by longing, a hint of anxiety, but it clings to the belief that somehow things are going to work out. Like its predecessor, “Volume II” stands outside current production trends, and it’s built to last on its own modest terms.
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