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"On her sophomore release, singer/bassist Amy LaVere doesn`t mess around. Beginning with producer Jim Dickinson (Dylan, Big Star, Stones), she`s assembled a top-notch cast that includes guitarist Jimbo Mathus, steel guitarist Chris Scruggs and violinist/mandolinist Tommy Burroughs. LaVere -- who made her acting debut portraying Wanda Jackson in the 2005 Johnny Cash bio "Walk the Line" -- has a bag that ranges from the haunting opener, "Killing Him," and the gypsy-styled "That Beat" to the slow and brassy country-tinged confessional "Pointless Drinking," the Tex-Mex "Overcome" and the Dan Hicks-sounding "Time is a Train." While the songs are interesting, they mainly serve as vehicles for LaVere. With a childish wisp, she`s, by turns, coy, playful and sexy -- sometimes, as on "Washing Machine," all at once." --Michael Lipton, Charleston Daily Mail (Archer Records)
