Wild Strawberries
Quiver (Nettwerk)
by Katy Shea
Introspective ambient pop, Wild Strawberries give us a little of Sarah McLachlan’s style-stumbling, though the ecstasy is a little less ethereal and more riddled with self-doubt and self-consciously assertive cynicism. Effects-laden guitar stylings and airy, pleading vocals place us amidst the confusion and processed anger that is Quiver. There are instances where it works and there is a universe of mystical sound and thought embodied on the CD, but there are more instances where the melodies are just not strong enough to provide any more than a rambling monologue to accompany the often uninspired wash of under-orchestrated sound that fails to support Roberta Carter Harrison’s ingenue vocals.