★★★★★
Let me get this part out of the way, because we've got a lot to talk about: California native Vienna Teng has a lovely, gentle mezzo and her new album Aims offers up pleasing folk-electronica somewhere between Imogen Heap and Kate Bush. She's got a gift for adventurous melody and a penchant for layered harmonies, and she's not afraid to take some aural chances; smartly arranged percussion and offbeat time signatures keep the lavender synth waves from treading too close to Enya territory...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-12-11
★★★★★
Label: ROUNDER Rating: Piano-pop enchantress Vienna Teng beguiles listeners, yet again, with her fourth Rounder Records release, Inland Territory. The weighty album is anchored by the robust and atypical "Grandmother Song." Here, Teng, as always, exhibits cool control of her impressive vocal range. But, impassioned and armed with lyrics that are deeply personal, she belts out rapid-fire, satirical lyrics taking on familial expectations and generational conflicts close to home...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Vienna Teng
Female songwriter finds inspiration
in Lilith Fair vets
With her nimble piano arpeggios and
Lilith Fair balladry, Vienna Teng casts a backward glance during
Inland Territory, a retro-minded release anchored in the
legacy of Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan and other mainstays of the
mid-'90s female-songwriter boom. Teng's vocals occupy the
spotlight, melding an alto timbre with the careful, articulate
delivery of a poetry grad...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
One night in January 2003, I caught San Francisco native Vienna Teng performing "Gravity," off her 2002 debut, Waking Hour, on television. The piece was beautiful, and although Letterman has never been Conan O'Brien in terms of his choice of musical performances, his praise of Teng's album ("I've heard the entire CD, and there's not a dud on this") was dead on...
- www.prefixmag.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Dreaming Through the Noise is, musically speaking, more about dreaming than noise, because Vienna Teng's album is never noisy. Instead, she cultivates a dense soundscape comprised of everything from guitars, percussion, and pianos to violins, violas, and string arrangements. The light timbre of Teng's vocals fit easily within this mesh, becoming yet another element in the overall sound...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Even with her initial, tentative performances while still a student at Stanford, Vienna Teng caused an immediate stir in the California singer/songwriter scene. She self-released her debut LP, Waking Hour, in spring 2001, but consistent Bay Area buzz, strong website sales, and Teng's captivating live show led to interest from Massachusetts indie Virt, which signed her in May 2002...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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