"Lisa Marshall's first solo album carries a heavy debt to the Motown era; backup singers croon to Marshall's soaring vocals, while tambourines and bass riffs stroke and jingle each piece to perfection. Like Tina Turner, the swinging melody dips and soars with lyrics about defeat and triumph, and defeat again. It's the contrast of it all that gets
"Lisa Marshall's first solo album carries a heavy debt to the Motown era; backup singers croon to Marshall's soaring vocals, while tambourines and bass riffs stroke and jingle each piece to perfection. Like Tina Turner, the swinging melody dips and soars with lyrics about defeat and triumph, and defeat again. It's the contrast of it all that gets you. Like the groove that underpins lines like "What makes a heart break so slow?" Or Marshall's surprising compositions; her voice belts and soars through the the building lyrics then dips to a restrained contralto for climatic lines, like "I am so, so, so, ... lost," which gets more deli- ciously guttural with each "so." Hints of reverb in the production space add a subtle, creepy effect to the gospel tunes. It could almost be too crafted, but with Marshall's spellbinding voice pulling at the tempo, the album feels so organic that you can't imagine it any other way." - RACHEL DOVEY, Seattle Sound Magazine STANDOUT TRACKS: "Swamp Song," "Bring Yourself Back"
the gorgeous "Bring Yourself Back" make it right Clearly, Lisa has a wonderful voice for this kind of music! A Woman of soulful rhythm & blues who brings back those Earthy sounds of Motown and 70s undoubtedly "Sooner or Later" in Europe to come back.- François (Swa) Braeken www.rootsville.be Euro Americana Chart Reporter