Wet robots

"On a third or fourth pass through this remarkable document-and what can only be called a narrowly focused part of Fay Victor's art, as she has fronted many bands with many different instrumentations and approaches-I felt I needed to rethink what "jazz" singing really could or ought to be so many years after talents like Betty Carter, Nina Simone, and Cassandra Wilson had dared to begin redefining it. Victor is at another level of freedom and daring and creativity. Sure, this kind of music is at the arty margin, but Victor proves that this kind of abstract singing is also flesh and blood and heart and earth."I sing to save my life / I sing to look human", Fay Victor makes clear".

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"With echoes of Lauren Newton and Meredith Monk, the singer builds a web of personalized pieces that boast exuberance, with each warble, shriek and roar crafting a ferocious identity. Informed by blues and politics, their cagey deployment is downright entrancing, especially when bolstered by this kind of collective clout".