Come into the Garden

The real attraction of Chimera for me is the lush female vocals; either woman individually is amazing enough, but when both are singing, it sounds like a choir.  The opening song, “Come into the Garden” has a quiet musical build-up before Francesca Garnett and Lisa Bankoff begin delivering the first lyric at such a measured pace as to make one check the turntable to see whether it is set to the proper speed.  Many of the songs have a similarly earthy tone in their lyrics that is a fine counterpoint to the unusual musical settings. 

(November 2013)