'We; Camera' now available at Wall of Sound and Sonic Boom in Seattle, as well as through CD Baby...
"Now, fans of Joanna Newsom have a local act to love...the song "We, Camera" involves vintage, plinking piano pulled straight from what you'd expect to hear booming from an early-1900s-era bar. The piano takes a more classic and dramatic turn in "Our Favorite Idols," boasting a sweeping, beautiful tone. The star of every song, though, is Davis's unique voice that is as hard to like as Newsom's. But after a few listens, it's easier to embrace its 'always on the verge of breaking' tone, especially when paired with music just as peculiar."
-Megan Seling, The Stranger
"The album opens with a flittering song, Milagros, which -not surprisingly at this point - juxtaposes a story of last hope against a dancing piano melody. Davis then moves like rain into the title track, Our Favorite Idols, which takes on a much more dramatic and classical feel. Here among the piano, cello and punctuating click of finger cymbals, is where the strikingly haunting quality of her voice is most evident. Sneaking in behind your conscious thought like a slowly leaking window, and pooling itself there to later echo over and over. The album continues through peaks and valleys. Songs that sound like they should either be the soundtrack to a animated silent film or a VW commercial - (and I mean this in the highest regard - think Pink Moon by Nick Drake.)"
-Kevin LeDoux, Seattle Subsonic
"It has a timeless quality, honesty, and a simplicity that, I think, translates into universality and frees itself from affectation and clutter. Milagros reminds me of Nina Simone's "Sinnerman" mixed with an even older voice like Billie Holiday."
-Jeff Jablonski
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