As with their 1995 breakthrough, Glow, the Innocence Mission's Befriended is an album of small gifts rendered with a craftsman's touch. Karen Peris has an endearing and pure voice, her refined intonations glide over the music like a brave bird singing on an cold autumn morning. She and guitarist (and husband) Don and bassist Mike Bitts, works in ethereal atmospheres on such songs as "Sweep Down Early" and "Tomorrow on the Runway." These songs revolve around past lives, families, and reminiscences -- sort of an emotional scrapbook of music and memories. 

(KEN MICALLEF)

KEN MICALLEF
(September 3, 2003)

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