“A million years ago, Vanessa Carlton released "A Thousand Miles", the pop song that launched a generation of piano lessons. Now, she's releasing the raw, muted, refreshingly weird Liberman, a record that could share headspaces with Perfume Genius or Angel Olsen.”
“If Vanessa Carlton spent a thousand years at the piano, she probably wouldn't come up with another "A Thousand Miles." Her 2002 debut single, which brought a touch of classical to the TRL crowd with its piano and string splendor, is turning out to be one of those once-in-a-career songs. Thirteen years later, it's still her only real hit. Certainly, there's nothing on Carlton's fifth album that app”