Emily Hurd

Barefoot Session Emily Hurd

'The record is built around Hurd's brassy pipes and spirited piano playing, which waltzes and struts like a coy suitor on 'I Don't Know How to Leave You Alone' and swings like a Prohibition-era speak-easy on 'Taxes.' The songs touch on universal themes of love and loneliness, Hurd belting like Russian-American piano-pop diva Regina Spektor on 'Prove Me Wrong' and exhaling the words like hazy smoke rings on 'Just In Case.' Recorded live in just under five hours one afternoon this past April at North Branch Studios, the album maintains the teetering-on-the-edge vibe of a live performance.' Andy Downing - Chicago Tribune (Jul 7, 2006)