Album Notes

Singer, guitarist and occasional trumpet player leads her band on a tightrope walk between twee, indie folk and orchestrated pop on Meadows, blending all three with such a delicate touch you\'ll have to strain your ears to pick apart the lilting pop guitar from the folk from the tastefully restrained doses of string and brass orchestration. Maybe it\'d be easier to focus on the band\'s playing if Roberts wasn\'t so distracting: The singer/songwriter commands a delivery perfectly suited for her subject matter, introspective, usually melancholic ruminations on everything from haunting loneliness to the loss of a favorite pet. And, miraculously, Roberts does it all without ever bringing listeners down. -- Matt Schild, aversion.com