"Astounding;
you can hear Susannah heartache and hear her tormented breathing... her
lyrics are powerful.. the instrumentation excellent.. An excellent
album for anyone who has graduated from four line stanza driven pop
songs and for anyone who needs more depth, creativity and beauty in
their listening material. The album is nothing short of remarkable"
Rip it Up (New Zealand)
."One of
this country's most gifted, probing and intelligent writers...
[How
the Dead Live] is a dark, emotionally intense and musically arresting
concept album..delivered in lean poetry and electrifying
folk-noir... soundscapes of the kind Reyne
deployed to such great effect on Passenger. An impressive achievement" Elsewhere (New Zealand) full
review here
"A
jewel
of industrial
folk...(Reyne's) fascinatingly powerful voice...and reliance on
substance over gloss make „How the Dead Live“ an impressive album.
Disturbingly beautiful. A must have - not just for lovers of dark and
industrial folk, but for everyone." Unser Luebeck (Germany) full
review here
"A
fascinating and intense listen. Reyne's voice,
as ever, is a gift and.. she chooses to use it by
applying
the tools of a story writer and an illustrator... here is something
worth celebrating, a song writer who didn't come down
in the last shower of record company advances and marketing hype"
The
Dominion Post
(Wellington, New Zealand)
“a work that delves deeply
into the psyche of the land and our European forebears. A soundtrack to
the cinema of unease" New Zealand Musician
