Short Stories – UNCUT

Fourth from Vancouver songbird
UNCUT magazine – August 2007
4 STARS

Fitting between spectral folk and downbeat blues, 2003′s eponymous last LP earned Oh Susanna several rave notices over here. This time around, Suzie Ungerleider’s intention was to make more of a “band” record. But the pianos, steel and strings are so artfully understated that she still sounds as lost and wind-bitten as before. There’s a Southern soul feel to much of this lovely music, particularly “Schoolyard” and clear standout “Greyhound Bus”. And while there are hints of Appalachia, the other gilded moment is “Holy Roller”, a spare, folksy beauty set to equally lonesome piano.