Atlanta Guitarist-songwriter Drew de Man and his partner, cellist-keyboardist Terri Onstad, compose queasy love stories and pensive heartbreakers that marry country to darker indie rock. There`s a pop churn to the melancholy folk tunes on this debut full-length, emphatically told by Drew`s urgent lead vocals, Terri`s earnest harmonies and her invigorating cello lines. The Village Voice`s Andrew Aber calls them "a wonderful duo that through harmonies, slick instrumental and great songwriting skills pull off everything that`s right about the new country genre that shuns cowboy hats and beer guzzling for a roots return to true American folk music." (self-released)
