“After making her debut with the decadently dark, ‘Beyond the Bloodhounds’, Adia Victoria returned home to South Carolina. Finding herself disturbed by the area’s lack of activity, she was encouraged to look inward when creating its follow-up, ‘Silences’. Taking its name from a Tillie Olsen novel, the album is a rousingly defiant exploration of oppression and identity. Within this, Victoria depicts”
“Even if the second album from this Nashville singer doesn’t sound like the blues, she embodies the spirit, squaring up to her demons without fear.”