‘Stupidly happy I wait for the earth to crack’. This sombre and elegant album from
Englishwoman Victoria Hume may not work the bouncy sunshine angle but it becomes
hypnotic. The arrangements see piano/vocals given minimal surrounds which at first look
like monochromatic paintings, though tempos can sneak up on you and on a track such as
‘Everyone’, the band spread their wings towards jazz. Hume’s voice, equal parts downbeat
folk and spooky pop, is a layer cake whose best moments come in accretion... The mood
overall is lulling, hazy and, inkeeping with one song which begins ‘Another night of not
sleeping/Another night of drinking you in’, most suited to a quiet night in, alone.
Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald
It’s all there: a superb voice, rich musical ideas, spine tingling harmonies, and powerful, brooding lyrics… (Sarah Ward, jazzfm and palmfm)
Like peppercorns rolling over silk…(The Ritzy, London)
Elegant yet anguished and brooding slowcore (TimeOut)
The real treat of the evening...intense retrospective pieces...spinning you out on sweet melodious breakdowns. Those sad songs that make you kinda happy. (www.DurbanScouts.co.za)
Alternative experimental modern pop infused with jazz flavours…one of the most original and compelling female pop vocals we've heard in years… A voice for the decade… sounds like no-one else, yet has the originality of a Hynde and delivery of Mitchell and Merchant. (Earbuzz)
If you [love] the luscious, intimate beauty of Rufus Wainwright... check out singer-songwriter Victoria Hume (The London Line)
Nothing less than sublime. (The Troubadour)
Refreshingly unique tunes...a pleasure to hear. (Blogcritics)
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