Felt Like Home (Squatch on the Rocks, 2001)
Evangeline
Reviewed by Brian Baker
Seattle-based alt.-country howlers Evangeline succeed in both critical areas, with a thorough knowledge and respect for the Parsons/Harris legend and a healthy passion for its own additions to the alt.-country canon. Vocalist Jennifer Potter works a range more Ronstadt than Emmylou in service to songs that are alternately heel-kicking rave-ups ("Polaroid," "Train Never Came") or quiet ruminations ("Island") or both ("Crooked Sidewalk"). Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Chris Cline has a weary voice and an energetic musical melancholy that suggests a recipe involving Uncle Tupelo with a splash of Replacements. Evangeline has crafted a small album that plays much bigger than its surroundings and that lives up to, and in some cases surpasses, any expectation thrust upon it.
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