The tender harmonies of Elizabeth Mitchell andDaniel Littleton are mixed so far up front they sound like an echo of your ownthoughts, and the minimal instrumentation manages to be quiet and powerful atthe same time.

WithLevon Helm climbing onboard for two songs, My Fair, My Dark serves as reminderof Ida's folksy, country-leaning tendencies.

...a joyful and reverent expression of fandom andan act of sharing, as in the folk tradition with which they're familiar.  Ida takes cover songs and transmutes them sothat they sound like one of their own creations

...imbued with a restrained power that gets under your skin and into your heart like the memory of a lover's whispered goodbye that jolts you out of your late night slumber.