Getting their start just a stone's throw away from the Ohio river, this group has found much success as an underground phenomenon. The sound brings to mind great bands like Cowboy Junkies, or The Sundays, but with a dreamy, intensely lyrical style that is all their own. Karin Bergquist's vocals are beautiful, ringing with a raw, honest purity that permeates the entire 1999 acoustic collection of home recordings, with its relaxed, informal feel yet excellent production. From the gloomy and pensive loveliness of Latter Days, to the perfect, bare heartache of Poughkeepsie, to bluesy, sexy, slow final track, Go Down Easy, it feels like, as Karin puts it, 'a handwritten diary, a secret love.'

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