Let's be clear about this: it's not the kind of record that will appeal to most folk listeners, who will find
Bloom's warbling, oft-off-key vocals and
Mazzacane's free-style, oft-atonal slide guitar hard to put up with or even grating. (
Robert Crotty adds some more conventional acoustic guitar strumming.) It's actually the kind of release that will find more favor with lo-fi indie rock hounds, the kind who subscribe to the K label's newsletter. If you have a taste for the unconventional, it has a fragile beauty and homey charm, provoking comparisons (in the few reviews the duo garnered) to an off-kilter variation of the early
Joni Mitchell records. It's one of the few records that successfully combines the pleasures of acoustic music and personal, romantic songs with avant-garde sensibilities, and for that alone it's worth a lot.