"It's not terribly often music with a sense of calm such as this lands gracefully on listeners' ears, let alone hits them in more substantive ways...each track is as strong as the last." - Southern Utah University Journal view article
"Beliss’ voices are a little earthier, deeper and almost guttural, seriously invoking the jazz singers of old rather than do-wop sugary, G-rated rock." - Fensepost view article
"Their harmonies are lovely; the music is soothing, seductive, even, but there are clever, political, sometimes subversive lyrics.... the Underwoods are anything but boilerplate singer-songwriters." - The Oregonian view article
"Beliss crafts haunting folk arrangements from an arsenal of strings... and their sultry dual-crooning gives the tracks on their self-titled debut an alternately spooky and lofty mood." - Willamette Week view article
"...we need some respite, some solace, some calm and quiet before the storm. Beliss could very well be our savior..." - Portland Mercury view article
"It's not surprising that musicians with such eclectic outlooks would not confine themselves to one genre of music...or one instrument! .....For them, the sky's the limit." - KMHD Jazz Notes view article |