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Album Name: Artist: Noe Venable Year / Label: 2002 / Petridish Records Ordering Information: 
Track Listing 1. Boots
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a Review by Amy - Producer of Collected Sounds
Wow, is this ever a cool CD. Noe Venable has quite a unique voice, though someone I played this for thought it was Mazzy Star. I don't really see that, but I suppose if you're going to be compared to someone Hope Sandoval is not bad!
She gets us right out of the gate with title track, "Boots" which is a stunning song. It's got a great low drum beat, that's barely there, but so powerful. The eerie backing vocals are chill inducing
"Prettiness" makes great use of the light picking on the guitar and her voice floating over the top is sublime. She'd probably hate that I say the song is pretty, but it is. I love it when artists take a sound and then put words to it that are disparate. This is a lovely flowing song but the lyrics start out:
She utilizes this method quite frequently, actually. The music is gorgeous, the lyrics almost harsh, a beautiful combination.
Well, I won't go over every song because they're all gems.
If intelligent atmospheric "pop" is your cup o' tea pick this one up.
Posted on November 20, 2003
a Review by Anna Maria Stjarnell
Noe Venable's voice is part childlike wonderment and
part womanly expressiveness.
She puts it to good use on her album. Her folksy ,
intriguing songs really impress. "Prettiness" is
sharp lyrically and has a sweet melody. The
instrumentation is sparse and the vibe laidback.
"Tinkerbell" plays around with the Peter Pan companion
and winds up in a very strange place. Venable has
some nice Bjork-ish vocal moments here.
"My Insomnia" deals with an all too familiar phenomena
and has a jaunty tune that contrasts well with the
lyric.
"Look, Luck" is a sweet song that.s enlivened by Alan
Lin's violin playing.
Noe Venable has the voice and the tunes to make an
impact on anyone who's lucky enough to hear her.
Posted on September 26, 2002
 
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