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Faces in the Rocks

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I discovered this album quite by chance and what a stunning find it has turned out to be. I hesitate at the use the phrase 'album of the year' but I think it is the strongest and most original album by a female artist in 2007.

The music on this album is certainly very different to the standard singer-songwriter fare. The pieces are quite long(eight songs on a fifty minute album, the shortest is five minutes long)and intricate musically and lyrically. The songs are very rich in imagery and gorgeously melodic.

Despite their length the songs never drag, holding the attention throughout and allowing you to drift off into the places conjured by her words.

The guitar playing has an easy fluidity that brings to mind Nick Drake. However the artist she reminds me of the most is Joanna Newsom and the comparisons are unavoidable(no harp though)but where as "Ys" has a certain fantastical air to it this album is rooted in nature and has a rather earthy solidity. The music centers on the rhythm of the guitar and her beautiful voice and is supported by a variety of acoustic instruments.

This is a fantastic album by a major new artist. Get it NOW!

I really enjoy this CD, it has a unique sound and style. A mixture of Sarah McLachlan and Mazzy Star with Native American themes and imagery is my best try to describe! My favorite songs are, "Buried in Teeth" and, "Wild Eyes."

Discovered her on Pandora.com, and promptly bought her EP, "A Bundled Bundle of Bundles", an amazing, haunting, deeply moving album. This is her first full-length release, and re-envisions some of the more sparsely recorded songs from the EP, and adds more. Both are worth owning. I don't seem to ever tire of this music. Voice and guitar and ancient spirits floating around your room. You can sample her music at her myspace page.

Mariee Sioux's music is some of the most beautiful and enchanting I have ever heard. Every song is like a ritual and the spells and spirits that are conjured up fill you and change you. It feels like her voice and poetry come straight from the ancient Earth. I would recommend this album to anyone who is open to magic and who loves the Earth and our fellow beings like sacred family.

Mariee Sioux's voice is like young Buffy Saint Marie's, another beautifully voiced singer-songwriter who anchors her music in her Native American heritage. I first heard "Wizard Flurry Home" on a college radio station while driving home in a blizzard, but I lost the signal before I could find out who the song was by. The song struck me so strongly that as soon as I got home I got online and looked up the playlist.

This is a sweet, dreamy album that creates a contemplative, primordial mood. I disagree with those who compare Mariee Sioux to mainstream pop singers. There is an "eccentric" quality to this music that I don't think could ever be highly commercial, which is part of why I like it. Her metaphors and images are definitely antediluvian and earthy in a way that reminds me of authentic folktales (blood, dirt, rotting forest floors, rain, ancestors...).

I give the album 4 out of 5 stars because there is a slightly repetitive, circular quality to the album as a whole. This quality does create a bit of a trance state, which I enjoy.

This album I can only describe as pure beautiful, haunting & soothing genius.

Mariee's voice is so pure & captivating, you just don't want any song to end.

The guitar suports the vocals perfectly, & the native american pipes / flute adds a haunting sound, which for me is the icing on the cake.

This is my favourite purchase of 2010, as perfect as music gets.

If you like it mellow & acoustic, but want to avoid the mainstream, then this album is perfect.

Buy it, I promise you you will not be dissapointed.

Delicate strands such as a spider weaving its web of lightly shimmering sounds. The light of stars, blowing winds over mountain passages carrying messages and scents of lost tribes. The spirit of traditions lost and found, a voice in darkness, sharing quiet inner thoughts. Not complicated, sublime in simplicity. A joy to hear.

I read about Mariee Sioux's Faces in the Rocks in an excerpt in the Parade magazine insert in the Sunday paper. Her singing style was compared to that of Joni Mitchell who I love so I bought the cd. What I discovered was that I disagree with the comparison printed in Parade- if I had to make a comparison (which I really don't like to do) I would have to say she reminded me of Shawn Colvin who is another huge favorite of mine. ANYWAY, despite all that, first off, I loved the cover of the cd, and became intrigued. Native American music and artistry has always been amazing to me. Mariee Sioux's music is gorgeous. Her voice is clear and beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed this cd on Christmas Day while opening presents. It was perfect background music as well as pieces that you can focus on while alone. I enjoy a wide range of music and I don't think anyone would be disappointed with "Faces in the Rocks". I am looking forward to hearing more from Mariee Sioux.

I'm sorry but it was just plain boring. A bunch of stereotypical native references thrown out over mind-numbing finger picking.