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Solid Third Studio Album

Eric Dapkewicz | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12/20/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I am very suprised that Claire Voyant isn't more well known in the alternative community. A mixture of Coctaeu Twins, Siouxsie and 10,000 Maniacs.... Claire Voyant has a fantastic sound and style all it's own. Their new album "Love Is Blind" is a bit more upbeat than their self titled album and "Time & The Maiden". Songs like "Pieces" and "Silence" are strong and energetic tracks. Other songs like "24 Hours" let Victoria Lloyd (vocalist) show a softer and more subtle side. Like most Claire Voyant material, "Love Is Blind" is a journey that you have to take by listening to the entire album with a great stereo system. It's atmospheric and haunting. I highly recommend this album is you like lush scores, powerful female vocals, and elegant guitar work."

Be patient, this will grow on you...

Clarissa | Ontario, California | 01/18/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Claire Voyant is actually a three person group that consists of Victoria Lloyd (vocals), Chris Ross (programming), and Ben Fargen (guitars). Together they create some amazing songs and weave a certain magic that's continually felt in their music that's haunting yet profoundly rich with elegance. 'Time and the Maiden' is a brilliant album all around and of course it's going to be hard to beat but I'm glad they didn't try to duplicate what can't be repeated. It's good to experiment, and while it doesn't always work to their advantage I applaud musicians for attempting new ways to evolve as an artist. They haven't strayed too terribly far from their original sound (they still venture into dreamy electronica) but most of the material heard on 'Love Is Blind', which I admit took a long time to grow on me, is a bit more upbeat than usual with ethereal "pop" sensibilities. Victoria's singing is also more airy here, which I find to be gorgeous on "Abyss", in particular; however, I still find her singing to be powerful and moving. And the messages conveyed in their lyrics, as well as the beautiful and emotionally charged melodies, touch you like a warm ray of light on a cold yet sunny winter's day while remaining dark and hypnotically mysterious.And FYI, the meaning of clairvoyant is 'one possessing the supposed power to see what cannot be perceived by the senses'."

Time is a sign of quality

Nathan Christian | Pitcairn, PA USA | 09/16/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording was likeable on the first listen, but after repeated listenings, it has grown to be one of my absolute favorites. This cd is a rarity to me because very few cd's have I loved every song. I love every song here. Every echo, every strum, every bird call...it's shear perfection. This group deserves your attention!It is now June of 2005, and I am back listening to this remarkable CD. I just noticed that quitly in the background there are similar sounds in some songs that can be heard in others that actually link all the songs together sort of. There is a bird like sound that appears quietly in the background from time to time. This CD is so cool!Victoria Llyod's vocals are so gentle and powerful that they become the music, and flow and soar with it and melt into the songs instead of here's the band and here's the singer. The first song, "Pieces" sounds like a single. It's a very very good song, but more radio friendly than the rest. It echoes and the birds are in the background again...Only Victoria could pull the second song "Twentyfour Years" off. It requires a subtle soaring vocal...and she pulls it off flawlessly. Her vocals are confident, with out being conceeded, and she can sing natually without goofy vocal acrobatics.The bird calls are back on "Mirror" and they get more prominent here....simply gorgeous.....I was driving to work one day and was rounding a curve on a mountain as a pink sunrise was occuring...and "Abyss" came on my car stereo....never have I heard a stunning sunrise such as this...The vocals are again amazing on "Silence".The guitar work is extremely compelling...My least favorite track is "He Is Here". It just is kind of a song someone else might do. I like it, but it's not my fav."Close To Me" has an edge and grungy guitar....it's way cool! And the vocals soar once again..."Warm" starts out quiet...and ends up glowing and subtlely powerful by the end...like a glowing sunrise..The clunky "Not Like Me" is a beautiful sour sounding songThe CD concludes with a beautiful song "Love Is Blind" I can't stop playing this one with it's echoing piano...and a scratching noise for the beat. They don't make songs as perfect as this, do they? YES THEY DO...and this cd is it!This cd is like foating in the sky...looking at the sun...looking at the clouds..looking at the ground and the lights,...and the people...and feeling love and loved....and lonliness....hope...and despare...There have only been a handful of near perfect albums:1] this one2] Lene Lovich "Flex"3] kate Bush "The Dreaming"4] Gary Numan "Exile"5] Siouxsie And The Bashees "JuJu""