As you can tell from the title, this is a debut album and as such it hints at the promise of even better things to come. The obvious comparision has to be with Eurythmics - sassy female vocals overlaying blues rock guitar. However, there's more to it than that - El has a strong voice but she doesn't substitute power for emotion. Onno's guitar work, while it hints at the tradition of Jimmy Page and Stevie Ray Vaughan, also has a melodic, fluid quality that distinguishes this band. A long album timewise but contains four potential singles, all of which feature the band's ability to tell a good story well.
Best Track(s): Here I Am
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'Red to Violet play fresh and rather agressive rock music, coloured by EL's powerful voice and Onno's both heavy and sophisticated guitar playing. the more heavy stuff reminds a bit of the old Led Zeppelin, but the album also offers a softer acoustic direction, that is working very well too... all in all, there's always a deep nerve and very much honesty in their music.' (review CD 'Red to Violet') Gert-Ove Fridlund for hallandsposten, 100.000+ newspaper sweden
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Red to Violet Top-15 reviewers One-Liners
1. 'cool stuff... a peppy song with a hook will land them on the stateside charts' (nyrock, us)
2. 'breathy and versatile voice, refreshing lyrics' (scorerocks.com music mag, us)
3. 'enchanting guitar playing, warms a wounded soul' (gigbite.com, uk)
4. 'masterpiece-cd, most colorful rock you'll ever hear' (globalmuse, us)
5. 'chrissie hynde meets alanis vocals, unique natural instrumentation' (fmsound.org, us)
6. 'high standard debut, sensual voice and liquid flow guitars' (altarnative.com, us)
7. 'reminds me of sticky fingers stones-era, a winner in my book' (bigindiemusic.com, us)
8. 'we proclaim them to be the new Eurythmics! (music search video series, CN8 TV, us)
9. 'amazingly toxic free rock!' (nywaste, cult paper, us)
10.'banjorocker inner peace is my Americana poppick, fans of Joan Osborne will enjoy this' (demouniverse.com)
11. 'quality indie rock, just can't stop humming their songs loudly' (klubkat.com, uk)
12. 'interesting voice, good songs, makes it worth to buy this album' (a female voice site, sweden)
13. 'radio friendly sound, soothing vocals, deep lyrical tone' (usgigtv, us)
14. 'this dutch band has everything to make it happen' (musicianscafe.com, us)
15. 'scratchy blond vocals and radio-anthem choruses' (listen.com, us)
*compiled by Commuse 2002*
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Red to Violet has one of the best sounds I have heard in ages. The quality of the music on this CD is fantastic. R to V’s sultry tones lay mellow on the soul.  I highly recommend this disc for your listening pleasure. And the t-shirt is pretty good too!
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