February 22, 2005
Illinois Entertainer review of SWEET SCIENCE
The SWEET SCIENCE cd by singer-songwriter Vernam Cipher is a pleasing mix of honky-tonk storytelling and Southern folk instrumentation. Songs such as "Robert Ryan" and "Pigeon Toed Girl" paint a musical picture of characters real or conceived ("She looks just as fine in front as she does from behind/You can go ahead and stare, she doesn't really mind"). Fiddle, mandolin, and shuffling drumbeats complete the throwback aesthetic. -- reviewed by Jason Scales