The Celia Situation

..."On "Break" the waif turns into a kind of post-punk white blues mama in her song "No Good Man," while on "Hell Is In Your Mind" she half-cries, half-snarls, suggesting the kind of anger that is slowly drawn out of a usually patient person.
- John Stifler, Daily Hampshire Gazette

Celia , a singer-songwriter based out of Northampton, sings wastrel white girl blues folk rock, along the lines of Fiona Apple but with an odder, janglier inflection. She seems to be one of those deeply introverted people who, rather than write bad poetry, or fall into narcissism, has found a way to tranform her oddly-calibrated perspective into art.
Break , her new album, is pretty great, drenched in a hothouse atmosphere, like something by Apple or Tori Amos, but distinguished by more complicated beats. There's a little bit of Mary J. Blige in there too, and many of her songs could, with little dissonance, accomodate an MC rhyming through the resonant vocals.

If she sounds two-thirds as good live as she does on her album, her show at Harry's on Sunday, the second of what seems to be a series of CD release parties, it'll be worth the five bucks.
- Daniel Oppenheimer, The Valley Advocate

Celia , a singer-songwriter based out of Northampton, sings wastrel white girl blues folk rock, along the lines of Fiona Apple but with an odder, janglier inflection. She seems to be one of those deeply introverted people who, rather than write bad poetry, or fall into narcissism, has found a way to tranform her oddly-calibrated perspective into art.
Break , her new album, is pretty great, drenched in a hothouse atmosphere, like something by Apple or Tori Amos, but distinguished by more complicated beats. There's a little bit of Mary J. Blige in there too, and many of her songs could, with little dissonance, accomodate an MC rhyming through the resonant vocals.

If she sounds two-thirds as good live as she does on her album, her show at Harry's on Sunday, the second of what seems to be a series of CD release parties, it'll be worth the five bucks.
- Daniel Oppenheimer, The Valley Advocate

"...'Break' would be worth the purchase just to have the second to last song, 'Tenement Waltz', which is utterly haunting and subtely psychologically disturbing, like some half-remembered Poe tale. The calmly insistent piano melody supports Celia's beautiful breaking vocals and aging-centered lyrics, which are dealt with in such a straightforward manner it's unnerving. This is something to cry yourself to sleep to and could quite possibly be the most bittersweetly depressing song ever written - something only...some obscure Eastern Europan art film...could evoke." - Northeast Performer

Local singer-songwriter Celia called her terrific debut album "Break". This CD was an impressive collection of bewitching songs that brought to mind the indie-folk-pop of people like Beth Orton. Born in Vermont, Celia grew up in England; there is something distinctly British about her music, which can deliver the soaring sweep of Kate Bush or the anguished bite of P.J. Harvey. - Johnny Memphis, Hampshire Life