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Seven Year Kiss NEW RELEASE! Seven Year Kiss is the brand new, long awaited release from The River’s Voice; a sweet, earthy rendezvous between Trish and Richard and some of their favorite cover songs. Their very first duet album in 2000 entitled 20 Legs was a collection of cover songs reflecting the spirit of their collaboration, and 7YK is no different. The album gives a real sense of the evolution of The River’s Voice—as a band and as a couple—several years in from where they started. True to form, their music is gentle and aware, but with peaks of inspiration that make it more than just a bunch of lullabies. The hymn-like “The Water Is Wide” with Trish’s clear voice urging the listener onward and upward is an excellent example, as is their rendition of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. However, the real testament to their collaboration comes when the couple brings their effortless and simple style to songs that have lived in the back of your mind for too long. The earnest living echoed in the voice of Richard’s “House at Pooh Corner”, intermingling with his son’s, for example, provokes instant memories of childhood. The absolutely perfect rendition of “Getting to Know You” is almost stark in its music and recording, but conveys a marvelous light and femininity through Trish’s vocals, capturing the song in a way that has never been done before. Other classic songs, like the perennial favorite “Shower the People” or the Beatles classic “When I’m 64” are performed with honest reverence for its original recording. Trish and Richard thought this would be a sweet and simple little recording celebrating their 7 years of marriage. But Real Life and Real Depth emerged in the midst of this music, and their process—from choosing the songs to arranging and recording—became a sort of rite of passage, a re-commitment, a re-celebration of their love. Their liner notes call you in and NEW"invite you to allow these songs shape the way you think about relationship, too." As you listen to Seven Year Kiss, you’ll find yourself forgetting about what you were doing. The songs and their singers will tap you gently on the shoulder, wrap their arm around your shoulder, and settle you in for a series of heart-full moments and tender memories. Seven Year Kiss is an album is a reverie waiting to happen. --Review by Amanda Quraishi trish: voice, piano richard: voice, guitars, drums, sequencing, else john ylvisaker: countoff on 'mockingird' chester the crickett: on 'farthest shore' sam: pooh conversation