The crunchy, urgent power-pop of "Hand Me Down" opens the album on a particularly auspicious note, as crunchy guitars and Flotard's incomparable voice simultaneously destroy and mesmerize.
NPR: Visqueen: A Ferocious Song Of Devotion
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After his death, Flotard took time to regroup, do some overseas aid work, start her own record label and release a wonderfully ferocious new album, Message to Garcia.
NPR: Visqueen: A Ferocious Song Of Devotion
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Seattle's Visqueen has long felt like a closely guarded regional secret, in part because singer Rachel Flotard spent the past few years caring for her terminally ill father.