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fave it Piano | Beatles-pop
12 tracks | 42 minutes
Released Apr 2005
on Uvulittle Records
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From soothing instrumentals to ethereal pop to dark ditties to witty excursions, Rearick delivers a cornucopia of aural moods, all via her upright piano and occasionally her trumpet. -- Goldmine
Editorial review
Stephanie Rearick is slowly, carefully tweaking her recorded personality as a solo pianist and singer/songwriter who makes use of a variety of sometimes daring enhancements. Star Belly, her 2005 set of songs, seems not remarkably different then previous sets such as The Bucket Rider. Her vocal overdubbing and harmonizing are marvelous, bringing forth a multitude of possibilities as organically as a fistful of hollyhock seeds. The piano continues as a stronger and stronger element, left-hand parts tromping out a framework that a weaker player would have to wheedle out of a rhythm section. Both piano and vocal come in and out of a production treatment in which aspects move from large, sometimes obscuring amounts of processing to the purest of simplicity. When this takes place during the course of a single song, it is as if the listener has fallen asleep in an antique auction and woken up alone, back in his own bedroom. Several pieces such as "Twilight Fog" have memorable melodic lines, allowed an amazing breadth through the subtlest of production, the performer confident enough to practically ignore her own strengths. Rearick also presents interesting cover versions of pieces by Tom Waits, Brian Eno, and David Bowie. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"Rearick's a genre-bounding vocalist, keyboard player and trumpeter who takes great care bringing together things indie with her classical and art-music influences." - The Isthmus
Rearick's work is piano-driven classical/cabaret/pop. In addition to piano, Rearick sings, plays trumpet, and builds pieces with various sound sources live on a Boss Loopstation.
"[Star Belly] takes a transcendent approach," says Sybil Augustine, a longtime friend and music director at independent radio station WORT, where Rearick's songs get frequent airplay. "It's kind of experimental, but it's also really accessible and is making its own sound." - Madison.com
Stephanie Rearick has been performing and recording since 1993, as frontwoman for Your Mom, Your Mom SRO, and the Coma Savants, occasional side-musician, silent film composer and accompanist, and solo artist.
↓ more ↓"Star Belly, the oddly titled third album by a singer/songwriter who succinctly describes her sound as 'piano-based classical/cabaret/pop,' opens with what might be the prettiest four minutes and eight seconds of music I've heard all year. Stephanie Rearick's angelic (and layered) voice blends with a simple piano melody on "Hymn" for a surreal, mesmerizing and prayerful effect that actually gives me chills every time I hear it." - Sea Of Tranquility
Stephanie Rearick won the 2004 Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs) for Best Classical Album (The Bucket Rider) and Best Classical Artist and was a 2005 nominee for Best Instrumentalist and Best Artist (Other).
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