Point Pleasant Girl, Lolitslea, Knows ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’

Written By Mike Greenblatt

PHOTO: Lolitslea by Connor Meany

With a new single (“Exit Plan”) and a debut album, Nothing Lasts Forever, Lolitslea, raised in Ocean County’s Point Pleasant, knows a little bit more about life than just the beach. She can fascinate within minutes. “`Exit Plan,’” she says, “runs circles around the themes of liminal spaces, the backrooms, and realizing life will never be what it was back in 2008, when my biggest regret was selling my Nintendo DS to a local pawn shop.” Her sound brushes the rough edges off hardcore for a poppy kind of speed-zip punk buoyed by the chugging chunky rhythmic thrust of Tom Denney’s non-stop guitar (who co-wrote/co-produced the single, and used to be in a band called A Day To Remember.).

She had an acapella group in college, went through a distinct emo phase, and is now putting the finishing touches on her debut full-length, after which she intends to write write write. First, though, is a mini-tour that will take her to Philly, Asbury Park (October 10 at The Bond Street Bar), Baltimore, North Carolina, Orlando, Atlanta and Tennessee.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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