★★★★★
Charlotte Martin sounds like Tori Amos without the crazy. That's not meant as a knock or a compliment to either. Amos seems to be a true eccentric, so what works for her wouldn't necessarily work for Martin, and Martin's wise to know it. But they do share some blatant sonic traits, including versatile piano arrangements, strong and unusual melodies, and a penchant for swooping into a laser-sharp head voice to utter variations on "whoa" and "whoo", like banshees in the stratosphere...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-02-07
★★★★★
Hello boys," Charlotte Martin sings, opening "Something Like a Hero", and we can't help but remember the first time we heard Tori Amos' "Caught a Lite Sneeze". "Got directions to the bombshell factory?" Martin continues, suddenly accompanied by bells and ominous piano chords. Instrumentally, this sounds like Fiona Apple's first two albums, though vocally, Martin could easily be mistaken for Amos...
- www.stylusmagazine.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Charlotte Martin says she's a Goth, but listening to her tap away at the high keys of her piano, it's difficult to think of her as anything but angelic. A classically trained opera singer, Martin has expanded her songwriting a lot more on this release than on her previous ones, and some of that Goth side even comes across in the muted tribal beats of "Limits of Our Love...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Charlotte Martin says she's a Goth, but listening to her tap away at the high keys of her piano, it's difficult to think of her as anything but angelic. A classically trained opera singer, Martin has expanded her songwriting a lot more on this release than on her previous ones, and some of that Goth side even comes across in the muted tribal beats of "Limits of Our Love...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
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