Reviews:
LA WEEKLY: MONDAY, JANUARY 26 2009
VOICE ON TAPE, WHITMAN AT PEHRSPACE
For those about to rock: Weasels loot you. That’s why the avant-garde remains your greatest entertainment value — well, ever since you thought “golden parachute” meant you should turn your assets into an actual parachute made of gold for recreation. Sean Carnage showcases Beaumont label Folktale Records and their Sun, Smog and Hate compilation — five bands from Phoenix, five from Los Angeles, all bitching creatively about the sun, smog and hate. Whitman, on an extended tour of Arizona and California, plies his trade in whispery/shouty/mumbly free-folk, while Ontario’s Voice on Tape creates captivating, echoey no-fi passages of abstract folkish guitar with voices both diaphanous and assured. It’s as though the mistakes and reversals made during the ’60s folk revival are laid bare and revivified because these young captains of the guitar are also in love with noise, the opposite number of melody that, when embraced, makes one surprisingly freer. Also: Clark 8, Foot Ox, John Thill, Bri White.
(David Cotner)
"Voice On Tape's hauntingly ethereal voice is like a howl to the moon, raising the hairs on the back of your neck with its otherworldly beauty. "Marry You When Yr Sleeping" will wash over you, fantastically blurring the line between nightmarish and heavenly."
-Put On Your Ear Goggles - Dec 2008
“Ethereal full-moon howler” -Flavorpill.com 2008
"Not a performer, a wizard-captivator. Voice On Tape magnetizes you toward his midnight-world where you can’t help but relate to every word. Seeping from his lips like warm honey are lyrics of passion, obsession & admiration- with charm. He’s a storyteller telling tales of lost loves, wars between brothers & betrayal; all from the perspective of the gentle soul. Silky reverberating guitar notes form in the air and absorb his audiences in sincerely dark & haunting, yet delicate, tender songs. Live, he entices you to form unities, to clap along to the progressive rhythms, to sing along to the chorus’ with your heavy hearts. Though he finds himself playing the Los Angeles area often, Voice On Tape hails from the Inland Empire, hub of many new and promising rising artists. Quite a talent to behold."
-Sea Urchin Magazine 2008
"I got the chance to see Voice On Tape perform the other day at The Smell... FUCKING GREAT! Watching him perform is like day-dreaming about all the things that make you feel good. I must say he's got a real presence about him as he's performing. Standing in the room as he plays is pretty paralyzing, I mean it's hard not to pay attention to his music. If you haven't seen Voice On Tape live yet, I encourage you to go out and see him, It's really worth whatever the cover charge might be."
-Ports O' Call - Food & Water zine (Issue 10) 2008
Dear Voice on tape, I've just uploaded a new song called "The uses of enchantment". Please have a listen and tell me what you think. Thanks for your time, be well. Kind regards Paper kites
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