Q (p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[U]nbearably stark, its gentle banjos and violins summoning images of scorched prairies and deserted saloons. 'Hello Love' is a spectacularly desolate ballad..."
CMJ (p.51) - "Frazey Ford belts out each number with equal parts pop sensibility and soul..."
Dirty Linen (p.45) - "These women have discipline, taste, and talent....All this, and songwriting and musicianship too."
No Depression (p.100) - "'Ootischenia', is the quintessential Tanyas song here, an effortless groove accented by Klein's banjo; Ford sings with growing urgency, her bandmates swelling and gelling in harmony behind her."
The Be Good Tanyas: Frazey Ford (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Samantha Parton (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, background vocals); Trish Klein (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Jolie Holland (vocals); Jesse Zubot (fiddle); Mark Beaty (cello, upright bass); Simon Kendall (Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ); Josh Thurston (bass instrument); Ike Eidsness, Mike August, John Raham (drum).
Celebrated for their lush harmonies, skilled acoustic picking, and good taste in traditional covers, Vancouver's the Be Good Tanyas have held sway over the alt-country/folk scene since the early 2000s. On their third album, they delightfully expand their covers base with renditions of Prince's "When Doves Cry" and Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles," but still sound most assured on trad (and trad-sounding) weepers like "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today" and "Scattered Leaves."