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Perfect Pain Review:

With a subtle shrug, the singer kicks off this 6 track EP with a sly soft ‘constant craving’ lullaby for the gentle outsiders, old priests and fallen dancers. You are caught up in an ambiguous take of hope and defeat. You are soothed but entranced by the glowing imagery at the same time.

While there are definite hints of artists like Jane Sibbery and KD Lang in the arrangements and production, what makes Perfect Pain stand out is how she twists the complicated modern ( for example an online relationship) with and into haunting glances at her past.This album is the sound of the artist taking stock of where she stands in her own universe and with fear or tension preparing to move on to brighter, perhaps even, more difficult worlds.To make a collection this dreamlike, Fincham is extremely lucky to have the perfect back up, the musicians are in sync, sympathy, and indeed understanding, of every word and melody she creates.

Tiny moments like the late night trumpet of the title track, the sad slightly dangerous viola on several tracks all contribute to this thing of thoughtful beauty. - Martin Smit, NBT Project and Podcast

Lauren Fincham's mellifluous voice blends seamlessly with her adept playing and excellent original lyrics. She's a sensation that won't be kept secret for long. Get the scoop on her before the rest of the nation. - Borders Books & Music

Lauren Fincham contains the freshest and most interesting combination of lyric strength and arranging ability that I've heard from anyone, anywhere, in a long time. - Arvid Smith, Folio Weekly

Lauren Fincham's Show & Tell features tradition acoustic instruments - guitar, dobro, pedal steel - contrasted with offbeat things like a Turkish drum. The result is a bluesy, atmospheric sound rooted in folk, with songs, such as "Something in the Air," that combine well-drawn portraits with pesonal reflections. - Todd Leopold, The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, accompanied with an arsenal of songs ranging from ballads to anthems, this smooth-voiced performer harkens to sounds of Aimee Mann, Annie Lennox and the like, but maintains her own style, direction and tone. - Olympic Stage

Not sure what to call this CD. Pop? Acoustic pop? Folk rock? Country pop? Just plain alt-rock? Probably the best way to check is to listen to the 45 minute, 15 track cd and write in. Click here to read the rest of this review. - Ben Ohmart, The Muse's Muse