Press Reviews Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards 2008 [+ Show] Fort Worth Weekly A voice is great, but without excellent tunes, it ... A voice is great, but without excellent tunes, it might as well be auto-tuned and airbrushed. Fortunately, this year's nominees have the songcraft to back up their pipes, running the gamut from thought-provoking acoustic daydreams to electro-industrial vamps. April Geesbreght manages to combine the youthful earnestness of warm balladry with the sweat of arena rocking. How many times have you seen an Indigo Girl (but much sexier) on her knees, bashing the strings of her acoustic ax with the gleeful fury of Pete Townshend? Never? That's because you haven't seen April. Quiet Grrl? [- Hide] Fort Worth Weekly A twenty-something with a massive voice and intros... A twenty-something with a massive voice and introspective pen, April can limn the human experience as empathetically as any of her male Fort Worth counterparts. The woman herself is equally real. Her look is girl-next-mansion as interpreted by Tinkerbell. Her voice, a sultry instrument capable of slipping from plaintive confession to breathless longing, from ersatz lounge to party cheer, from sentimental whisper to liberating exhortation. She's about being herself, even if that means assuming the role of a strong female singer-songwriter whose cosmopolitan pop appeal and aw-shucks pleasantness are undeniable.