REVIEWS
* frozenstarpalace * release date: 10-31-06.*
"It’s a mark of her versatility and musical dexterity that she’s able to veer so adeptly between genres, playing the sensitive songstress one moment and the brash, defiant rocker the next... it’s merely the mark of an artist who can claim brilliance as part of her vocabulary." -ENTERTAINMENT NEWS AND VIEWS (Miami)
"Michelle Anthony has a big, full-throated, blues-tinged voice reminiscent of Bonnie Raitt...Aimee Mann's post-punk take on the '70s singer/songwriter sound is much more what Anthony has in mind on her second album... Anthony's band consists mostly of Robbie Fulks' usual sidemen, which adds an occasional alt-country twang to tunes like "Hard Way to Lose," but on songs like the impassioned rocker "Ugly Side,"...sounds like a lost gem from the Learning to Crawl-era Pretenders.... -ALL MUSIC GUIDE 4 stars.
"she has the unaffected delivery of her Midwestern heritage and the ability, reminiscent of Sarah McLachlan, to quietly insinuate herself into the spaces between conscious thoughts." -NO DEPRESSION
"She loves her rock & roll ("Ugly Side"), yet doesn't hesitate to wax sentimental with "White Lies." -AUSTIN CHRONICLE
“a cross between Carole King and Bonnie Raitt.†-POP MATTERS
"Lead Glass Tiffany Shades" bops along with Carole King-style sunniness, and while the title track make obvious reference to the frigid winters Anthony left behind, she sounds revitalized on he seven-song disc." -HARP
"recalls Carole King at her prime and Sarah McLachlan at her most subtle." -MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
Singer-songwriter Michelle Anthony follows her unjustly neglected 2004 gem, "Stand Fall Repeat," with the seven-song mini-album "Frozenstarpalace" (Merctwyn), another solid effort that at times recalls the livelier Aimee Mann of a few years ago. -LA DAILY NEWS
