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| Spin |
 The Pierces are Alabama-born sisters Catherine and Allison, who moved to New York City when their dream of becoming ballerinas didn't pan out. At first, music didn't look like it would yield much, either: Despite the siblings' good looks and helpful connections (Catherine has been romantically involved with Albert Hammond Jr.), the first two Pierces albums -- both humdrum folk-pop affairs that made Michelle Branch sound daring -- went nowhere....full text |
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| Slant Magazine |
| The mythology concocted for The Pierces, either by a clever publicist or by sisters Catherine and Allison Pierce themselves (it's unclear)—a tale of kidnappings, gypsy dance troupes, narrow escapes, business suit-clad villains, and a knight in shining armor—would make for a fancy Tim Burton movie. The truth is less interesting, but only slightly. The knight in shining armor is actually producer Roger Greenawalt, who chivalrously asked the siblings what kind of music they wanted to make. Having been ignored or dismissed by their previous two record labels, The Pierces were instantly swept off their feet. ...full text |
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| The Independent |
| Alabama-born, New York-based sisters Allison and Catherine Pierce write sly, witty songs about such subjects as boredom, transvestism and secrecy, and perform them to arrangements of comparable eccentricity. They describe their music as resembling "a fever-induced gypsy dream that you have after drinking too much red wine while listening to a cabaret singer in a Southern speakeasy that is run by witches", but essentially they're combining the swing-band vocal group style of Manhattan Transfer with a modern alt.folk sensibility that incorporates glockenspiel, zither, strings and dulcimer....full text |
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