"Now this is a surprise - a British singer/songwriter putting together a gem of a debut that runs the gamut stylistically from Enyaesque atmosphere, to moody neo-folk, to pop, with some clever lyrics adapted from Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Ovid, recorded not in Jolly Olde but in Portland, Oregon. Janie Mitchell's flexible voice resembles Kate Bush one minute ("Renascence" or "Takilma Nic") and Dead Can Dance (if they sang intelligible English lyrics) the next. She gets a lot of good input from multi-instrumentalist Daniel Crommie (synths, drum programming, flute, penny whistle). From the Welsh border to Portland, Oregon - hat's off to New Weave Records for a real discovery."
— Dirty Linen

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"Bordering on the magnificent: If Enya and Eno had a lovechild, the offspring probably would sound like Janie Mitchell. This Shropshire lass hails from the English border country, making her about as close as one can get to being Welsh without actually growing up eating seaweed fried in lamb fat for breakfast. Mitchell makes music that mixes medieval musings with what we might expect to hear from angels on acid. Her album "Psalm and Squall", just released on CD on Portland's own New Weave Records, is a gem."
— Jonathan Nicholas, The Oregonian

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"From Shropshire, Janie Mitchell's songs are intensely personal, but far from inward-looking. She calls on an immense palette of melodic and structural devices to provide the backdrop for, broadly speaking, spiritual lyrics: the arrangements contain anything but hackneyed effects, creating a heady atmosphere. The overall tone is dark, but this is not a solemn affair — on the contrary, it is quite rewarding and positive. The nearest point of reference I can suggest is Ingrid Karklins, who should be becoming known to an increasing number of you. But the hallmark of Janie Mitchell's work — as with Karklin's — is individuality.
— Andy Cheyne, Folk Roots