If Leslie Feist was the voice of coffee corporations over the past two years, Rio En Medio is the voice of economy conflicted coffee shops in 2009.  With the release of her new album Frontier last month, Rio En Medio (aka Danielle Stech-Homsy) is set to alarm the masses… well, think of it more as a silent alarm.  Much like her first album The Bride of Dynamite, Frontiers is a hushed-hand clap driven home recording that utilizes echo and loop to add layer upon layer to the original mix.  When a pluck of the guitar fails to do the trick, layers of bells, whips and added vocal tracks fill an otherwise lonely sounding track.  Like current tour buddies Brightblack Morning Light, Frontiers is a quiet album dying to break out of the bedroom.  But, where BBML’s catalogue reaches a static point on repeated listens, Rio En Medio explores a new environment with each song.

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Rio En Medio – Girls On The Run
Rio En Medio – Pictures Of You
Rio En Medio – Venus Of Willendorf
Rio En Medio – Frontier
Rio En Medio – Heartless