Vanessa Carlton: “White Houses” Track Review | Pitchfork

Read Vrinda Jagota’s review of the track.

Save this story Save this story My best friend Niha knew everything when we were young. She knew Pinkberry was chicer than ice cream, because it was tart, and because you could only get it by taking a two-hour bus from our hometown to New York City. When she won “best dressed” in high school, she knew to show up to the yearbook photo wearing a trash bag. And she knew the song “White Houses” by Vanessa Carlton . When she put a stanza about a boy in a red shirt as her AIM away message in 8th grade, I immediately scanned the AZLyrics page for another verse, typed it out in pink text, and added it

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