![]() ![]() ![]() At the same time, "Daughter" and "Lullaby for a Stormy Night" are as delicate as hand-blown glass. The Henry-produced tracks - "Tower," "Gravity," and "Enough to Go By" - could be considered chamber pop, with their shuffling percussion and lush, quietly surging stings accentuating Teng's gorgeous vocals. While she possesses a powerful voice, it's her command of melody and her subtlety that really stand out on Waking Hour. Teng is an extremely intellectual songwriter who fills the spare moments of her piano-driven songs with wordy unions of personal emotion and reflections on the seasons. Three of Waking Hour's tracks were then remixed for radio by David Henry ( Yo La Tengo Guster), and an extensive tour brought one of the Bay Area's best-kept secrets to nationwide ears. She self-released her debut LP, Waking Hour, in spring 2001, but consistent Bay Area buzz, strong website sales, and Teng's captivating live show led to interest from Massachusetts indie Virt, which signed her in May 2002. Even with her initial, tentative performances while still a student at Stanford, Vienna Teng caused an immediate stir in the California singer/songwriter scene.
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