It’s been more than a decade since Liz Phair’s last record, and for her return to the spotlight she paired once again with Brad Wood, the producer behind two of her most important albums (Exile in Guyville, Whip-Smart andwhitechocolatespaceegg). Unfortunately, Soberish lacks the energy and immediacy of those three groundbreaking albums. That’s not to say this one is a bad effort; it’s a solid album crammed with good, occasionally great songs, that brim with Phair’s witty lyrics, but the overall vibe is just so… mellow, which will come as a surprise to anyone who has seen her spirited live shows over the past few years. In working with Wood, Phair told him her vision for this album. “I said to Brad I don’t know how many times: ‘I want this record to have an identifiable sound, but I want it...
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