Ben + Vesper: All This Could Kill You

Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Brian LaRue wrote in the New Haven Advocate: "Ben + Vesper … often sing together, the same notes a couple octaves apart, but they don't sing to each other or about each other. It's not the romance that gets 'em down, it's the lack of romance in the day-to-day outside world. On Ben + Vesper's terms, modern life is a giant bummer, and … if you are inclined to agree, there's something edifying, haunting and familiar in their songs and delivery. … Ben sings in an understated, if expressive, baritone, Vesper in an airy soprano. The songs are on the quiet side, the tempos unrushed, the strumming fairly gentle; the intervals of the vocal harmonies create a strange sense of space, and the melodies are fluid and rich, but subtle and slippery. There's a weird, dreamy haze cast over All This Could Kill You, like the kind that settles in on a midsummer day and slows everything down, and it softens the album's impact without quite muddying it. The hooks don't leap out, but they somehow have a way of lingering in one's head hours after listening. And there's a certain tenacity in their voices" ("Live Music: Vesper Scooting," 6/21/07).