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Fall of Snow
”...when you hear demo tracks from someone like Fall of Snow’s Stephanie Casey, it makes you want to break things (out of frustration that she’s the exception, and not the norm) and swear off radio forever (because, clearly, why waste your time with pitch-shifted crap when there’s raw beauty like this on the interbot?).”
PORTLAND MERCURY oct2007
“Stephanie Casey left Hollywood to make something real in Portland, Ore. How’d she do? It doesn’t get realer than the dark, tidal “Switchback” or the haunting electro-folk of “Fingernails,” from Right, her second self-released EP performing as Fall of Snow. She sings softly, so lean in and really listen.”
PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER nov2007
”...On “Switchback,” what might be considered Fall of Snow’s single if mainstream radio ever caught on, Casey laments the reality she finds in small towns across America during her tours behind a rush of dark, slowly building riffs. She isn’t trying to be ironic or particularly clever with her lyrics, either. She’s genuinely serious and seriously genuine…”
SAN DIEGO CITY BEAT nov2007
”...What really sells all this gentle gloom is Casey’s voice: a composite of hushed whispers and lofty pitches awkwardly, beautifully gliding through air. Even more than the bare arrangements, the tremulous tone and delicate inflection of Casey’s delivery make these recordings immediately intimate, practically demanding blanket-bound contemplation…”
GO TRIAD nov2007 (Greensboro, NC)
“Just when it feels like the melody, good nature, and comfort of traditional songcraft are gone, and that warped reminders are all anyone can hope for, songwriters like Portland’s Stephanie Casey, who performs under the name Fall Of Snow, keep the fundamentals intact with quiet subversion. Releases like the new Right., built on her ethereal vocals and gently strummed guitar, achieve something rare in both folk and indie-pop circles—emotion that patiently seeps through with a minimum of coyness or melodrama.”
THE ONION oct2007 (Madison, WI)
