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An incredible voice has it’s way with catchy, edgy and somewhat eclectic guitar-driven music.
Vicky’s voice stands in direct contrast to her appearance throughout the album layout. Propped up against a Caprice in the photo on the back of the CD, Vicky looks young and maybe even a little shy. The guitar looks too big, her hands look too small. Pop in the disc and prepare to be blown away; Vicky has a voice that easily sounds like Nancy Wilson or Amy Ray. She sings with a remarkable confidence that works well on every song. She’s got emotion in spades and makes good use of range and vibrato. Very tasteful. As if Vicky’s vocal skills weren’t enough, she’s also a solid guitarist as well with an accomplished bass-drum rhythm section behind her. “Bright Yellow Jumpsuit” kicks in with a gritty, gutsy strat rhythm and by the chorus she’s smashing some overdriven open chords at a pretty fast clip while belting out “what are you gonna do with your free will?” The mix on “Wake Me Up” suffers slightly guitar-wise during the verses, but there are some interesting tones that pop in and out throughout. “Swirl” has a very convincing Stevie Ray Vaughan edgy-fat blues tone leading into a chorus that would make the Wilson sisters smile. A very nice, short guitar solo ties things together nicely in “How ’Bout You”. One of my favorite tracks is “Ice Ages and Eons” why didn’t this start off the disc? It’s got a great guitar line that drives the verses as urgently as the lyrics and the overall structure of the song is very clever an d less traditional. The disc ends with “Everything Changes” and a hidden track; two compelling and even slightly haunting solo acoustic pieces that showcase Vicky’s vocal and guitar skills perfectly. With “Ice Ages and Eons”, these were my other favorites.
If you are a fan of blues rock with thick, soulful vocals that strays slightly from the shortlist of textbook song structures, then you owe it to yourself to check out this disc.
Great Dane
Lime Light Radio Reviews


Fans of Vicky Andres are in for a surprise on her new CD "That's That." On the opening track "Bright Yellow Jumpsuit" she raises the question "What are you going to do with your free will?" For her own part, it is clear that this time around, Vicky is going to rock!
She has for the most part, set aside the acoustic guitar that was so integral to her previous release "Attitude and Gratitude" and now fronts the band packing a Strat and a whole new attitude, and we are grateful once again.
One senses that perhaps she has resolved some of the issues that haunted her throughout "Attitude . . ." and that she is now ready to, as she says in the first single "Ice Ages And Eons", step back, let go, move on.
She handles lead guitar duties with confidence, and her soaring, Joplin-esqe vocals continue to thrill. From the passionate and deeply personal "Swirl" to the dark humor of "Hitch-Hiker Blues".
"That's That" from Vicky Andres is yet another first rate piece of work from one of Maine's finest singer-songwriters.
Dave Isaac WKIT 100.3

Garageband review of “Bright Yellow Jumpsuit”
Napalm in the chords
This vocalist is like napalm. She burns across this song threatening to ignite even the lakes and the rivers. It is thrilling to hear a vocalist take a simple chord progression and with attitude and emotion torch the structure to the ground. The performance of the rhythm section is adequate because, really as long as you keep the ship under this woman she will take flight. I loved the lyrics in the second verse.
There are a few things that I would suggest about the arrangement. I would chop the 8 bar intro. 2 bars and right in.. I know it feels good to let the band settle into the groove and on stage it works but on a demo its just filler. My other suggestion would be to add a small guitar line to the "chorus" There are three bars that speed up and then the queen crowns it with the line " about free will" I would develop a line that ascends through the three bars until the vocals come in.
This is all I've got. Awewome smokin stuff
pozzio
Richmond Heights, Ohio 

Review of "Bright Yellow Jumpsuit"
Listen to that bass
Nice bass work... really puts a twist on this song. Very nice rock and roll voice. Sexy but hard. I think I'm in love:-).. Nice arrangement not the same all the way through.
Reviewed by: SECRETPROJECT from Karlsruhe, Germany

Review of "Ice Ages and Eons"
A voice that could kill!
great pipes. i like the intro vocal cadence, it sounds nice and soulful. thats saying a lot considering not much new music has that feeling
Reviewed by: Icares from Omaha, Nebraska