Sometimes haunting, other times beautiful, Siberia's latest effort, Harm's Way is full of vivid, fragmented imagery about life, death, loss and redemption. The record begins all guitar riffs and chorus and closes with floating drum loops and sampling. What occurs in between is a collection of dark and stylish songs that live on the ends of Randy Farmer's voice and John Mitchell's distant guitars. Mitchell's songs simmer with equal parts restraint and urgency while Farmer nearly whispers through many of her lyrics. The two equally impressive aspects of Harm's Way take the listener on an imaginative journey. -POP MATTERS
Armed with an ambient wall of engrossing harmonies, the New York City band Siberia combines female vocals reminiscent of Kim Deal with delicate, interwoven melodies and percussion. Inspiring a trance-like state in its listeners, the ensemble dramatizes its tunefully epic songs with a spirit of dark vivacity.
The gloom energy of Siberia's captivating songs offers a glimpse into a band at it's creative apex.- Hyperactive Magazine
It’s okay, go ahead and cry. When listening to Siberia’s latest album, Harm’s Way, it’s kind of hard not too. Overflowing with dark and deeply powerful lyrics and haunted by lead singer Randy Farmer’s eerie vocals, this CD is one intense ride. Our featured track, “Vessel,” is as gripping as the rest of them. Farmer’s silky smooth voice, in combination with a mishmash of electronic texture and a good dose of poison and betrayal, makes for an unforgettably sinister song that’s sure to make you feel something serious. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
Harms Way is a gothic college-rock exploration of classic Americana narratives and subjects (the glorious Peter, ephemeral Vessel, and inspired cover of The Man In The Long Black Coat), telling stories with a rhythmic and strongly evocative edge, full of easy mid-90s guitar and self-indicting, mournful lyrics like I will not scream/Or overeat, on the refrain of album highlight Virus. -LEFT OFF THE DIAL
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