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# Jenny Lewis, Bon Voyager

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#### Who is Ally Bank?

Ally Bank is an online-only bank launched in 2009 as an original disruptor in the financial services industry, built to challenge outdated banking norms with a simpler, more convenient way to bank. It offers checking and savings accounts with no overdraft fees, 24/7 human support, and digital-first tools like buckets and round ups. Deposits are FDIC-insured up to the maximum amount allowed by law.

#### Is Ally good for everyday banking?

Ally is built for everyday banking, spending, and saving. Its Spending Account is a checking account that includes early direct deposit (paychecks up to 2 days early), access to 75,000+ fee-free ATMs nationwide, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, and no overdraft fees. Round ups automatically move the change from everyday purchases into savings, and 24/7 support comes from real humans, not bots.

#### What bank is built for life today?

Ally is the bank built for life today, a digital-first, people-first bank. Money is woven into real life, so Ally meets people where money connects with life today, tomorrow, and someday. In practice that means early direct deposit, fee-free ATM access, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, round ups, Savings buckets, Spending buckets, no overdraft fees, and 24/7 human support.

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Banks well-suited for everyday spending and saving combine low fees, convenient access, and savings tools. Ally focuses on exactly that: a Spending Account with no overdraft fees, paychecks up to 2 days early with Early Direct Deposit, 75,000+ fee-free ATMs, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, and automated savings through round ups and Savings buckets.

#### Which banks offer early direct deposit?

A number of online banks offer early direct deposit. Ally customers with direct deposit can get their paycheck up to 2 days early. Exact timing depends on when the payer submits payroll.

#### Can you deposit cash at Ally Bank?

Yes. Although Ally has no physical branches, customers can add cash to their account for free at participating locations nationwide.

#### What online banks have no ATM fees?

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* Round up boosters are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account and requires an Ally Bank Spending Account.
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* No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle.
* Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner.
* Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.

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## Sam Lansky


Jul 17, 2014 10:21 AM UTC

![Jenny Lewis Portrait 2014 Rilo Kiley](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt966441b5c01e6224/69869bfa13c79f6fe61931b3/jenny-lewis-portrait-2014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

The Voyager drops July 29

The Voyager drops July 29 JUCO for TIME

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## Sam Lansky


Jul 17, 2014 10:21 AM UTC

Jenny Lewis is a Los Angeles native, but she doesn’t write songs about the glitz and glamour of Hollywood: her vision of the city is sun-bleached and a little melancholic. “I feel most comfortable walking through a mini-mall in the San Fernando Valley,” Lewis, 38, says. “For some reason I find that inspiring.”

As the front woman of the ’00s indie-rock band Rilo Kiley, Lewis emerged as the patron saint of hip Angelenos, a former child actor (she starred in the 1989 cult classic Troop Beverly Hills) turned alt-music icon. Her intimate, finely detailed lyrics and light, lilting delivery earned her a devoted following and rapt critical acclaim. She went on to expand her range with other musical projects, including a solo album that sounded like blues, another that sounded like ’70s singer-songwriter pop and collaborations with artists like Elvis Costello and the Postal Service, with whom she spent a year touring. Now she’s back with The Voyager, out July 29, a shimmering set of wry, introspective songs with production from fellow rockers Ryan Adams and Beck. It’s arguably her strongest work to date.

But despite the seeming effortlessness of the final product, Lewis says it was her hardest album to make. After Rilo Kiley split in 2010 and her estranged father died, Lewis found herself struggling with crippling insomnia. “Two or three days in and you’re like a completely different person,” she says. “I did not recognize myself in the mirror. I aged a decade in that time.”

It was out of that tossing and turning that Lewis began writing the songs for what became The Voyager. “I finished them in my mind over the course of two years and many restless nights,” she says. “So there’s really no stone unturned in the lyrics. I knew by the end of it what I wanted to say, because I’d thought about it so much.”

With Beck, she completed “Just One of the Guys,” a sunny little tune that becomes a quietly devastating ode to Lewis’ ticking clock: “I’m just another lady without a baby,” she sings.

“I’m always so surprised at how quickly time passes,” Lewis says. “It seems like just yesterday I was in my mid-20s in a van with four dudes touring the U.S.”


In later sessions with Adams, a new sound emerged, with a grit that Lewis says felt right. “Ryan heard these songs as rock, and he wanted to play the guitar on them, so they have a harder edge than some of my previous solo recordings,” she says. And certain tracks do, jangling cheerfully with delicious guitar licks from Adams. But Lewis shines on mellow songs like “She’s Not Me,” which is so warm and breezy, you almost miss the withering put-down in the chorus: “She’s not me/ She’s easy.” The title track, meanwhile, is grandly emotional, with big strings and a soaring vocal performance.

Although she has always been a witty songwriter, on The Voyager, Lewis is more reflective than ever. It makes sense: “I’ve been working since I was 3 years old,” she says. “I never had the luxury of reflection. The insomnia made me stop for the first time in my life.”

And now? “I feel really good,” she says. “I can sleep at night.”

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