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- Summary: This is the first release from Thalia Zedek Band in five years is also its first with new drummer Dave Bryson of Son Volt (replacing Daniel Coughlin).
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Sadcore, Post-Punk
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Mar 26, 2013If listening to Via makes you feel good, chances are Zedek is feeling good. Powerful stuff.
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Mar 22, 2013Not quite buoyant but still enthusiastic, Via should encourage listeners to start paying attention.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013She might not be as well known, but at times she really is that good. [Jun 2013, p.109]
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Mar 22, 2013Throughout the album's nine songs, there's a nebulous sense of despair, but it's less an anguished confusion and more of the melancholy of acceptance that comes with a life full of heavy changes.
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Mar 27, 2013Via is her most vibrant and volatile set to date.
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013Via may not offer the guitar-driven thrills of Thalia Zedek's finest work with Come, but these slow-burning tracks with a bit more room to breathe can be ultimately as fulfilling. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.103]
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Mar 22, 2013As ever, Zedek specializes in thorny songs that unflinchingly address adult topics and full-grown problems, with the malleable backing of her guitar and band providing either momentary refuge or sympathetic cries of exasperation.