SOCAN : Words and Music
(May 17, 2011) SOCAN member Tucker Finn won the 2010 International Songwriting Competition first-place award in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category for writing "Cold Paper Heart". AMERICAN SONGWRITER (May 16, 2011) (excerpt)... Other big winners include Nashville’s Nicole Witt (Country), Toronto’s Tucker Finn (Folk/Singer-Songwriter), and Kahn Morbee of the South African band The Parlotones (Rock). BAY AREA REPORTER (April 7, 2011) (excerpt)... The Cup & the Lip (Jane Wayne) by Tucker Finn is one of the most original and promising debut discs in recent memory. Finn, who sounds like a queer Rickie Lee Jones, separates the disc into two acts, complete with an intermission and an epilogue. Marvelous opener "Desperado on a Bike" sets the tone and conjures Mary Gauthier on "I've Been Doing OK." Finn adds a string section to "Cold Paper Heart" with heartwarming results. THE DAILY BREEZE (L.A.) (Dec 30, 2010) Catching Up With Catchy CD's from Past Year: (By Sam Gnerre) Quirky, minimal pop with occasional jazz overtones highlights former set designer and graphic novelist Tucker Finn's debut, "The Cup and the Lip" (Jane Wayne). Its oddness grows on you. On tunes such as "Cold Paper Heart" and the wonderful "Vertical Road Trip," the Canadian singer- songwriter's wry delivery makes her sound like the female counterpart to Mark Everett of the Eels, if he had Regina Spektor's knack for offbeat, catchy tunes. The results are slightly off the beaten path and totally captivating. CKLN: PAUL CORBY'S 50 Most Adored and Played Albums of 2010 (Dec 30, 2010) Paul is host of Corby's Orbit at CKLN Toronto, 88.1fm, Fridays 11am-2pm The Cup & The Lip (Tucker Finn) The Best of 2010: THE TORONTO STAR Anti-Hit List By John Sakamoto, Dec 23, 2010 Tucker Finn's Great Work of Fiction from The Cup & The Lip. AfterEllen.com (by Mia Jones)
Tucker Finn Interview (Dec 3, 2010) ...Tucker Finn’s debut solo album, The Cup & The Lip, is a work of poetic artistry that hits you in the soul. It’s not filled with love songs, it’s more of a slap of reality to your face. Her voice doesn’t sing as much as it matter-of-factly narrates a tale of life’s pitfalls. It is the stoicism with which she sings that makes her debut so intriguing to me. ...(read more) POXYMASH (Nov 30, 2010) Tucker Finn Interview: (excerpt) Her blend of alternative-folk-pop will leave you musing upon frittering your talents away, the perilous joy of heading nowhere, getting your Hank Williams returned to you scratched and having a pillar obstruct your view at the theatre ! PICKSYSTICKS (Nov 24th, 2010) (A play by play: The Cup & The Lip:) The Cup & The Lip opens with the lone female protagonist strolling into the city like Clint Eastwood high on a horse from a scene in a Western, trotting into town with eyes watching. An outlaw stranger. But she does not ride a steed, rather she is a “Desperado on a Bike. (read more) TANDEM Magazine On the Beat (Nov 14, 2010) Review of Tucker Finn Toronto CD Release show: This local singer/songwriter formerly with honky tonkers, The Jane Waynes, launched her solo CD, The Cup & The Lip, in triumphant style recently at Revival. Backed by seven fine musicians (including horns and strings), she brought her very literate and oft witty songs to bright life. The sound was better than I’ve ever heard at the Little Italy club, aided by the real attentiveness of the audience. Finn has an understated but effective vocal style, and the strength of her songs mark her as a real contender. CHRW 94.9 - Album Review (by Christopher White) A wonderful surprise of an album from this Toronto area folk musician. My Old Kentucky Blog recently made a positive comparison to Aimee Mann, although the lyrics regularly reminded me of John K. Samson of The Weakerthans. Listen to "Cold Paper Heart" to hear what I mean. EARSHOT Top 20 Chart for October 2010 (Nationwide Canadian College Radio Chart) #17 The Cup & The Lip (Tucker Finn) (Folk/Roots/Blues Nationwide) ABSOLUTE PUNK (Oct 26, 2010) Finn's straight-forward, no-nonsense style is as refreshing and vivid as any singer-songwriter disc released this year. Marrying Beck's plain-spoken vocals with fellow Canadian Kathleen Edwards' rustic charm, The Cup & The Lip is a dusty, spartan and darn-near perfect disc...Finn's true gift are her lyrics which unfurl like novellas and inhabit characters that are eerily familiar and easy to root for. (read more) AFTER ELLEN (Oct 26, 2010) She’s folky, she’s rocky, she’s got a bit of a speak-sing thing going on and, quite frankly, I’m intrigued by Tucker Finn. Each of her songs seem like samples of familiar tunes but are incredibly unique at the same time. EXCLAIM MAGAZINE (Oct 26th, 2010) (Album Review by Kerry Doole) Finn found popularity as a member of Toronto, ON honky tonkers the Jane Waynes, and is destined for wider recognition with this simply superlative debut solo CD. It marks her as a songwriter of emotional power, with a knack for nifty lines like, "my get up and go just got up and went." She has a clear, unaffected vocal delivery and the arrangements of her songs show musical intelligence, as the deft use of strings and horns lift the record out of the standard country/folk zone....A spectacular achievement. (read more) EAT SLEEP BREATHE MUSIC (Oct 25, 2010) Song of the Day: Track 4: Vertical Road Trip from The Cup & The Lip. FREE DOWNLOAD !! THE MARSHALLTOWN CHRONICLE (Oct 21, 2010) The Cup And The Lip is a darkly engaging collection of material that begins with “Desperado on a Bike”, which after hearing, I was struck by several things. First, the production and sound quality of the track is first rate. Second, Finn’s vocals immediately catch my ear with an absolutely distinctive style. Her voice reminded me of Victoria Williams mixed with the bohemian cool of Tom Waits. Third, the lyrical imagery is engaging and unfolds like watching a good movie or reading a great book. (read more) THE CELEBRITY CAFE (Oct 7, 2010) (excerpt) Tucker Finn's The Cup & The Lip is not just an album; it's a work of art...... The music seems to be like a sound track for the lyrics, a melodic backdrop for the emotional poetry...(read whole review) MOKB (myoldkentuckyblog) (Oct 4, 2010) Chock full of flawed characters, poignant vignettes and the littlest of epiphanies, it’s one of those records that gnaws at you, striking a little deeper and scraping a little harder with each successive listen. Fans of great songwriting, in the vein of Aimee Mann, will find an immediate and almost unhealthy attraction to The Cup & The Lip. (read more) TORONTO STAR (Sept 11, 2010) (Sept 11th, 2010) TUCKER FINN - Great Work of Fiction: #1 on the Anti-Hit List (by John Sakamoto) Here, courtesy of the co-founder of the late Toronto alt-country band The Jane Waynes, is our favourite opening line to a song this year: “I’m playing the role of the actor.” Apart from requiring just seven words to send you down the rabbit hole, Finn also manages to neatly encapsulate the sophisticated balancing act between sardonic humour and profound sadness that runs through the entire length of this song. Add a subtle horn arrangement capable of evoking both Elvis Costello’s “Almost Blue” and Herb Alpert’s “The Lonely Bull,” and you’ve got far, far more than just a great opening line. (From The Cup & The Lip) |
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