Search - Noe Venable :: Boots

Noe Venable
Boots
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Boots
2. Prettiness
3. Tinkerbell
4. Stolen Thing
5. My Insomnia
6. Climb
7. Happiness
8. Look, Luck
9. Julia
10. Wild Blue & Yonder
11. Don't Stop Crying
12. In Memoriam

CD Details

All Artists: Noe Venable
Title: Boots
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Petridish Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 1/26/2002
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 709363702926

Synopsis

Album Description

"Ravishingly melodic!" -- Ani Difranco Boots is an urban odyssey, seen through the eyes of a girl. Unlike Noe?s previous records, in which she usually seemed to be singing as characters she had invented-- (a servant to a sorcerer, a doomed Cessna pilot, a dying transvestite...), Boots is strongly rooted in Noe?s own experience as a woman. "In so many of my favorite stories," says Noe,"these troubled men dream of finding a woman to save them. You read stories like that and you're troubled, and you start dreaming of the same thing. Then one day you wake up and say, ?Wait, I am the woman in those stories. But I'm troubled! So now who's going to save me?? I think that's where Boots begins." Boots is a living room effort, born of 6 months of sonic experimentation and obsessive tinkering. Arrangements are lush, featuring electric guitars, violin, keyboards, old synths, drums, and many sounds that producer Todd Sickafoose and Venable can't remember how they made.

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CD Reviews

Incredible

CollectedSounds | Minneapolis, Minnesota USA | 03/07/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow, is this ever a cool CD. Noe Venable has quite a unique voice, though someone I played this for thought it was Mazzy Star. I don't really see that, but I suppose if you're going to be compared to someone Hope Sandoval is not bad!
She gets us right out of the gate with title track, "Boots" which is a stunning song. It's got a great low drum beat, that's barely there, but so powerful. The eerie backing vocals are chill inducing
"Prettiness" makes great use of the light picking on the guitar and her voice floating over the top is sublime. She'd probably hate that I say the song is pretty, but it is. I love it when artists take a sound and then put words to it that are disparate. This is a lovely flowing song but the lyrics start out:
She utilizes this method quite frequently, actually. The music is gorgeous, the lyrics almost harsh, a beautiful combination.
Well, I won't go over every song because they're all gems.
If intelligent atmospheric "pop" is your cup o' tea pick this one up."

Heavenly Angelic voice is sure to win big with all!

thegiftsoflove.com | Morrison, IL United States | 02/22/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Last night, I saw Noe open for Ani Difranco in Ames, IA. I immediately bought this CD and have been listening to it ever since. The CD is amazing in itself, but nothing beats seeing her trio perform live. The melodies and her voice are sure to put anyone at ease because they are SO CALMING! Pop this one in when you're ready to relax and kick back. There are a few faster songs with amazing beats; the majority are ballads. "Boots", the title track, is by far my favorite so far. If you have the chance to see her trio live, don't let it pass you by! You'll regret it after hearing this amazing girl sing!"

Climb Away

Barnaby Thieme | San Francisco, CA | 04/14/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, all these reviewers are correct. Noe Venable is a sunrise, a trail of rose petals, an aurora borealis, a garden. She has the beauty and simplicity of a child, but the wisdom of old age. Her songs are magic, loneliness, imagination, love, hope, and pain.

The exquisite combination of her stunning lyrics and haunting melodies make Ms. Venable one of the very greatest singer-songwriters I have ever heard. How many times can one fall in love?"