This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This Austin, Tex., trio have a knack for taking the familiar and presenting it in an intriguing new manner.
It starts with the backwards-opening CD package, extends to the quirkily introspective lyrics (“This is my 45th depressing tune”) and continues in the lush cellos and strings that give the band’s rootsy modern pop a baroque flourish, creating a rich velvet backdrop for the airy, Edie Brickell-style vocals of Leigh Nash. Dreamy and diaphanous without being dreary, Sixpence None The Richer’s debut is richly rewarding.
