Scheherazade
by Freakwater
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  1. americanpaintin
    Jul 13, 2017
    10
    Catherine and Janet have broken through with the most amazing album of original music from Freakwater. This work will stand the test of time--it sounds fresh after literally hundreds of listens, a true feat for any record. I continually discover new delights--sometimes something as simple as realizing it is Janet who is singing, rather than Catherine (and the other way around). TheseCatherine and Janet have broken through with the most amazing album of original music from Freakwater. This work will stand the test of time--it sounds fresh after literally hundreds of listens, a true feat for any record. I continually discover new delights--sometimes something as simple as realizing it is Janet who is singing, rather than Catherine (and the other way around). These true artists are at the peak of their powers--I'm glad to be alive during this time in history to hear this album. I always thought they were great; but Scheherezade has taken them to a new level of accomplishment. Every cut is refreshing. Well done-- and by the whole team they assembled to put it all together. Love you all!… Collapse
  2. Rawson
    Feb 15, 2016
    10
    Freakwater never recorded a single note trying to win over anyone or anything - they just work because they must, making records of consistently higher quality than virtually anyone in contemporary recorded music. Scheherazade, murky and opaque, continues Freakwater’s commitment to if-you-get-it-great-if-you-don’t-move-on. Fans who know their ambitious and most fully-realized 1999 LP EndFreakwater never recorded a single note trying to win over anyone or anything - they just work because they must, making records of consistently higher quality than virtually anyone in contemporary recorded music. Scheherazade, murky and opaque, continues Freakwater’s commitment to if-you-get-it-great-if-you-don’t-move-on. Fans who know their ambitious and most fully-realized 1999 LP End Time will appreciate younger-cousin Scheherezade, each the best examples of co-pilots Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin in creative balance. Writing so separately that they might as well be in mortal combat, yet singing with voices so inextricably intertwined, the result is a still yet another eat-your-heart-out affair for their fans and followers, taking all on a curly curve upward into heaven or downward into the abyss, depending entirely on your perspective on the matter.… Expand

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Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Aug 29, 2016
    100
    Twenty-five years in, how well these two sides of a sung coin fit together and complement each other remains remarkable.
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  2. PopMatters
    Mar 7, 2016
    70
    Overall Scheherazade is a masterful step forward for Freakwater with an eye on its influences and history. Its songs grapple with duality, with a balance between muddy, dirty roots music and clear, split open beauty, and the album balances itself so well in that regard.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Mar 2, 2016
    80
    The tales they tell are, while gruesome, well told. And they’ve never sounded better; not only has the time off done no damage to their brash, south-of-the-Ohio harmonies, but the band has taken on the challenge of sounding bigger than ever before and come out triumphant.
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