Search - New Mongrels :: Not Dead (Yet)

Great eclectic mix featuring Saliers & Ray

Shelley Gammon | Kaufman, Texas USA | 07/10/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Indigo Girls fans will find this an interersting treat... a different band featuring the harmonies of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers... but the harmonies are as individuals doing background and harmonic vocals on different songs... the two Indigo Girls performers do not sing together on any of the tracks and there are a few tracks that don't feature either of their voices.Sweet melodic guitars, the rough sounds we're used to w/ the girls, but a different sound altogether.Without the voices of Saliers and Ray, I'm not sure this CD would be able to stand on its own merits. It's not that the singers don't have nice voices and that they lyrics are poor, but rather they just aren't that unique-sounding... at least to me. I've listened to the CD several times, but it's apparently a taste I can't acquire. The real treat is to hear the Indigo Girls performers in the background. Die-hard fans will want this in their collection, but casual listeners of Indigo Girls radio hits may not find that this is the sound they were looking for. The closest you get is "Everybody Falls", which features a faster beat and lots of harmony. "Climbin' Tree" also features some familiar-sounding harmony, but that's about it. The rest of the CD sounds a little bit like you put "Barenaked Ladies" and "They Might Be Giants" in a blender. Collectors will like that the CD was published on the Daemon Records label which was started by Amy Ray."