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The World Is Bound By Secret Knots

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Noe Venable is back with her soft haunting (yet powerful and emotional) voice. The music is a tad more complex this time out (as compared to "Boots") but it still very much in the same vein.
I could pick out my favorite songs, but I'd end up naming them all eventually. But "Black Madonna" really sticks out to me as does "Is the Spirit Here?". In both songs she does this great spoken, almost yelling thing that it at once alarming and cool.
"Feral" also has some great spoken stuff.
"Wings Again" reminds me so much of Sarah Slean it's eerie. It's a more melodic song that the others on here. The piano shows up a lot more here.
This is a fantastic CD, go get it NOW!
(read full review at collectedsounds.com)

This is a fantastic cd. The first cd to hit me this hard in over a year. Love it.

Noe's other CDs are interesting, but this one is far beyond that. She takes many of the elements, the lyrics, her voice, the general vibe and transcends everything that came before. The lyrics on this CD are mind blowing in their poetry and fit perfectly with the music. This is folk done in ways you've never imagined. There are times when she seems to be channeling Kate Bush covering Tom Waits and other times where she almost raps. Everything has a sort of psychedelic tinge, except for some of the later songs (which I don't care for as much as the early ones). In any case, anyone who likes interesting music should get this CD. And even if you don't necessarily like experimentation, the melodies are very beautiful and anyone would enjoy listening to them.

Move over Regina Spektor and Sarah Slean. You've got nothing on Noe.

Noe Venable's voice is almost childlike in an angelic sort of way, but she's able to reach all the necessary high and low notes to move and sway your emotions.

Her lyrics are alluring, and each and every one of her songs stands out in one way or another.