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Review: Bangsheet Magazine
Name: Violet
Label: Wine & Vinyl Records
Title: We Both Know It's Out There

Adam Lasus produces Violet's "We Both Know It's Out There" with his usual deft touch. The record is a haunting acoustic ramble that strikes the distinction of being a direct descendent of the O'Kanes seminal "Keep on Runnin'". Terrific numbers like "My Blue Son" and "If I Only Could" glow under the warmth of Meredith Minogue's Sinead O'Conner-via-Emmylou Harris-through-Kelly Willis vocals and phrasing. "We Both Know It's Out There" is another "quiet" record that lacks no confidence or personality.

-- Kurt Hernon

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