Over The Rhine: The Long Surrender
May 27th, 2011 by gcunniff
“Their sound wasn’t far removed from the American heartland to begin with, but these days it’s getting close to Tom Waits territory, what with the barely-in-tune pianos, the mandolins, the slide guitars, the humid-summer-evening tempos, and Karin Bergquist’s increasingly smeary approach to sung pitch. There’s also more than a touch of Lucinda Williams in her grainy vocal tone and her slushy consonants…this is a masterful album that is sure to please this band’s ever-growing cult of followers.” –All Music Guide