You Sound, Reflect

www.stylusmagazine.com, 2004-08-26:
[...] Tara Jane O'Neil is the resident journey[wo]man and ultimate insider of Louisville, Kentucky's indie rock scene. Since the emergence and premature demise of Rodan ten years ago, she has been a full-time member of the Sonora Pine and others, played on albums by Sebadoh, Come, Papa M and others, and released a number of solo albums. The sound of her work has slowly and surely traced a path returning to the earth, as though evolving in reverse. The spare, rootsy sounds of her latest could be cast as the generations-old origin of Rodan's abrasive prog-hardcore...The album opens and closes with [mostly] instrumentals. There are brief instrumentals sprinkled throughout the album, between longer, more fully-realised compositions. And, in a way, all of the tracks are like instrumentals. O'Neil's voice, often double-tracked to create close harmonies with itself, is mixed as though it were just another colour on the album's sonic palette, floating just below the music's surface. Her voice dissolves among the slowly strummed guitar, brushed drums and mournful fiddle. The words fall away and there are only sounds and melodies, creating an illusion of intimacy that ultimately leaves the listener alone, but not lonely...' [Bjorn Randolph]