“art song meets art rock on this sharp and evocative album”
—Jeremy Shatan, An Earful
“an album that balances between living-room intimacy and orchestral grandeur. . . no ordinary debut. . . Is it indie classical, chamber pop, or an experimental kind of emo folk? The answer is simply: everything and nothing. Instead of boundaries, there are open spaces…Weesner also has a knack for ironic breaks and surprising twists”
—Amplified Mag
“ . . . one of the most lush, theatrical, and strangely inviting records I’ve heard in such a long time . . . breeds its own aesthetic. There’s nothing like it at all.”
—RagMag
“It is hard to think of another composer who uses pop the way Weesner does, with obvious affection for it but no sense that modernist structures are being avoided. . . Absolutely something new and different in the field of contemporary song.”
—Patsy Morita, All Music
“grows like something inevitable yet impossible to predict. . . Mundy’s voice cascades between angelic delicacy and monstrous noise, and honestly, it’s kind of unreal how naturally she inhabits that range. . .What makes this collaboration so luminous and enchanting is its embrace of the uncertain.”
—Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis
“The lyrics are a mix of Lorraine Feather and Tom Waits in adventurous moods, ranging from caustic to caressing. Don’t get on this lady’s bad side!”
—George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
“Weesner has a serious intent here, to which she brings a genuine compositional gift. My Mother in Love has great potential for appealing to general listeners; it will certainly be of interest to lovers of Lieder and modern art song.”
—Fanfare Magazine