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To say the woman is dark is an understatement, but to imply she's only capable of hitting somber notes is inaccurate. There's a tender strength and delicate sparkle at play behind Fuller's Lucinda Williams-meets-Nick Cave funeral dirges. [Full Article] -Hannah Levin Seattle Weekly
Fuller, born in Alabama and currently residing in Seattle, blew us away with her unique voice and raw, powerful stage presence. Her voice is a delicious combo platter of soulfulness and vibrato that grabs you by the shoulders and gives you a good shake. Her music is intelligent, literary, and tinged with a melancholy vibe that’s been compared to Nick Cave. [Full Article] -www.spectrumculture.com
Lindsay Fuller and the Cheap Dates, a tight combo whose sound combined Gillian Welch's folk eloquence with some country twang and a dose of somber Nick Cave-style darkness. Fuller's voice--a burnished, soulful trill that sounds like the frame of a beautiful old church that's about to collapse on itself--is one heck of a singular instrument. - Concert Review by Tony Kay www.examiner.com
The latest from this Alabama-born, Seattle-based singer-songwriter is a gorgeous-sounding, emotionally moving album pairing her gripping, literate narratives and tremulous vocals with haunting folk-rock accompaniment from a stellar lineup of Seattle musicians. -Don Yates, KEXP 90.3fm Seattle
Flannery O'Connor with a telecaster. -Twang Nation
And yes, her twangy, heart-spilling music may be dark and sorrowful, but Fuller's arresting talent, tightly backed by the Cheap Dates, is a spectacle worth sticking around for. -Erin K. Thompson Seattle Weekly
Fuller manages to combine literacy with story telling in a way that avoids burying the songs in “clever.” The lyrics are just better than yours - sorry. They have the difficult-to-achieve quality of being readable as poetry, without feeling heavy-handed or verbose. [Full Article] -Julian Martlew www.nodepression.com (farfetcher blog)
“The Last Light I See” is an arresting album from a young and exceptional songwriter who doesn’t always feel the need to clean beneath her nails or cover her scars. [Full Article] -Iaan Hughes KBCS 91.3 FM Seattle
Lindsay Fuller is anything but generic. The Seattle transplant uses her deep-South upbringing as inspiration for brooding folk songs about love, loneliness, and small-town life—perfect for someone whose voice is as gritty and affecting as hers. Girl's got soul—albeit a heavy one. -Erika Hobart Seattle Weekly