Reviews
"There's a timeless quality to the songs and sounds on her EP Age of Wisdom... 'All That I Lose' almost makes time stand still, with a brass interlude that is rivetingly charming. But it's Austin's blissful voice soaring like an earth angel and a sense of liberation that recalls the late Tim Buckley. Glorious stuff." - Hot Press Magazine, Ireland
"Austin's voice, inspired by Regina Spektor (among a vast array of influences), is like an extra instrument that plays perfectly with the jazzy guitars, bass and drums. Really, though, it's the writing that makes the songs work so well, without wanting to state the obvious, at once haunted and uplifting, yearning yet triumphant."- Daily Mirror, UK
"Her words are open and heartfelt, and melodies linger, creating a perfect balance of emotion and light."- Sentimentalist Magazine, New York
"Austin... hits the heights of a trilling Jeff Buckley." - News of the World, UK
"Rachel Austin has a magical ability to combine melody and emotion.’"- State Magazine, Ireland
"...an exceptional voice." - Stuart Bailie, BBC Radio
"Standing head and shoulders above any of her contemporaries, if there's any justice in the world it's only a matter of time before Austin commands a higher profile. . . [she] performs what can only be described as ethereal, heartfelt music in the Martha Wainwright or Joan As Police Woman vein."- Patric Baird, Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland
"The experimental nature of the songs on show here puts Rachel at the very periphery of our understanding of what 'female singer-songwriter' material is, almost uncomfortably freeform until the other layers are added to make it almost linear. A minor key cover of 'What A Wonderful World' puts this all completely in perspective: it's like seeing the negative instead of a photograph, viewing the bare untrimmed seams of a song instead of the 'front'. This is what Rachel does throughout her set, challenging our notions of structure and melody and showing the fluidity of the formula." - Across the Line, BBC
"Austin's voice, inspired by Regina Spektor (among a vast array of influences), is like an extra instrument that plays perfectly with the jazzy guitars, bass and drums. Really, though, it's the writing that makes the songs work so well, without wanting to state the obvious, at once haunted and uplifting, yearning yet triumphant."- Daily Mirror, UK
"Her words are open and heartfelt, and melodies linger, creating a perfect balance of emotion and light."- Sentimentalist Magazine, New York
"Austin... hits the heights of a trilling Jeff Buckley." - News of the World, UK
"Rachel Austin has a magical ability to combine melody and emotion.’"- State Magazine, Ireland
"...an exceptional voice." - Stuart Bailie, BBC Radio
"Standing head and shoulders above any of her contemporaries, if there's any justice in the world it's only a matter of time before Austin commands a higher profile. . . [she] performs what can only be described as ethereal, heartfelt music in the Martha Wainwright or Joan As Police Woman vein."- Patric Baird, Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland
"The experimental nature of the songs on show here puts Rachel at the very periphery of our understanding of what 'female singer-songwriter' material is, almost uncomfortably freeform until the other layers are added to make it almost linear. A minor key cover of 'What A Wonderful World' puts this all completely in perspective: it's like seeing the negative instead of a photograph, viewing the bare untrimmed seams of a song instead of the 'front'. This is what Rachel does throughout her set, challenging our notions of structure and melody and showing the fluidity of the formula." - Across the Line, BBC
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