Editorial Reviews
King Me
Music Review:
Music Review
The Collection: Oh, Mercy/Time Out of Mind/Love and Theft [Box set]
Classical Evolution: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41
Compositions for Piano & Cembalo
Music: Butterfly Kisses [CD-single]
F.A.C.T.: Future Alliance of Communication & Tecknology, Vol. 3 [Import]
Emporio Armani Cafe 1 [Import]
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player [Original recording remastered]
Five Bucks A Cup [Explicit Lyrics]
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Imagine '60s London dolly birds Lulu or Petula Clark fronting a power-punk trio of the Ramones school and you get a good sense of where Visqueen is coming from. Seattleite Rachel Flotard, like the aforementioned '60s thrushes, knows the score, but she doesn't waste time keeping score. The compassion of "My House" (she volunteers her home as a place to stay "because you've found a friend in me") and "Last to Know" (in which she professes to be "sorry that you're losing your heart and your dreams") seem genuine and refreshing. The unaffected spunk of Flotard's hook-filled songs are powered by chugging riffs and high-octane support from former Fastbacks bassist Kim Warnick and drummer Ben Hooker. The catchy likes of the slashing "Vaxxine" ("Take the sting out of my heart") and the punny "Omaha" ("You and me are mutual like Omaha") signal the arrival of a band that's smart, tart, and open hearted. --Steven Stolder
The Big Takeover, Spring 2003
"It is a quarter-mile sprint...turn-on-a-dime playing, ultra-melodic vocals...delivering tales of love won and lost with a winsome wink."
Album Description
PRODUCED BY Barrett Jones (Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Melvins et al.)