Sure 'nuff you can read this review in April's isslue of "The Noise."  at:
http://www.thenoise-boston.com/content/view/226/10/ Sweet! 
Brief Awakening with Bethel Steele at the Midway Café,
Jamaica Plain March 12 2009.

The night opened up with Bethel Steele with one pedal and her acoustic guitar. Kind of started off for a low key night. But she turned it into slapstick with her humor between songs and sweetness of lyrical sanity. A little more variety in the instrumentation would be okay, instead of just chords because it bordered on the edge of repetitive.

Brief Awakening. What can I say. Soothing and great. There I said it. I was excited to see a full set from them, and a full crowd to boot. I was not disappointed. The songs are energetic, positive and driven with substantial depth behind each chord and note. The layering of vocals and instrumentation is likened to a Belle and Sebastian sort of moodiness with a soothing taste but with a gritty side that leaves the listener hanging on.

When you see a band and you envision yourself from outside walking past the club and thinking “who is that playing inside cause they are damn good I wanna hear more” you know you’re in the right place. And I definitely felt that way about Brief Awakening. It was a great time. They have a MySpace page so go find them. Go check them out live it’s awesome. And if I was to pick two radio ready songs, I would have to say Footprints and Recognition which are both on their site. So go there. Now.


--emily smith