10/2006
The Perm & the Skullet (link)

"Every time I try to get out, the lovely voices pull me back in. This latest infatuation lies with Lindsay Vandemark (aka Lindsay Clark). I stumbled upon her through a myspace link and haven't got up since... She makes music that makes me feel good, music that makes you want to know her, music that sits nestled here..."

09/2006
www.indie-eye.it (link)
by k.o.c.

"Lindsay Vandermark ha cominciato a studiare piano nelle forme classiche e tra le pieghe del Jazz all’età di quattro anni e ha continuato a comporre sbilenche folksong fin dopo la laurea. Si è autoprodotta un 7 pollici e due album. Al momento sta lavorando ad una nuova release coadiuvata da Djim Reynolds, già con Casey Dienel, Tigersaw e altri. Lindsay parla del nuovo lavoro come di una raccolta di canzoni che parlano di amore irrealizzato, violette e rose selvatiche, soffi al cuore e felicità. Il titolo provvisorio è yo comprendo/Mon amour; doppio idioma che probabilmente si riferisce alle sue orgini Franco/spagnole. Con un timbro molto vicino a quello di Angie Hart, Lindsay indica il percorso di un blues infedele sui tasti del suo piano, con quello slittamento di senso che piaceva a Randy Newman e che gli ha permesso di scrivere un gioco circense e crudele come Davy the fat boy. Alcuni brani dalle vecchie autoproduzioni di Lindsay si possono scaricare da questa pagina del suo sito ufficiale, mentre una nutrita serie di anticipi e versioni demo del suo prossimo album, sono disponibili su myspace. Tra tutte consigliamo l’ascolto di Bramble Tango, ballata posseduta dal gioco infantile."

07/2006
Raven sings the blues (link)
by Dissentuous

"Lindsay Van Demark writes an understated brand of piano pop. Her songs ring with an unoticed charm, like the girl next door you've been friends with since third grade. The kind you share at least a few completely ridiculous inside jokes with. The one you watched movies with crosslegged and platonic for years and never noticed how absolutely beautiful and perfect she is unil it was too late. So you'll always look for a piece of her in every girl you meet. Van Demark comes accross like a more subtle Regina Spektor. Her pop has humor and humility and a bit of goofiness to it. The kind that can play a plaintive melody but can't resist the urge to slam on the piano keys to make you take notice. She's currently working on a new album due out near the end of the summer. "When I Go To Sleep" is a preview of what's to come. In the meantime you can purhase her previous album in all its handmade glory here."

03/2006
songs: illinois (link)
by Craig Bonnell

"...Lindsay Clark performs under the banner Re-Cognition. Her new demos are up on her site expect them to appear on her new record which she has just started recording. "When I go To Sleep" just plain aches with feeling. On this song and "Portuguese" her wavering voice is countered by jaunty piano."

07/2005
uncommon folk.org
by Josh Honn

"Lindsay Clark is the singing and songwriting human behind her musician’s moniker, Re-cognition. Crossing The Water To ? is the second self-released album Clark has released... With a voice like an innocent angel mixed with a coy siren, Clark’s compositions are primarily vocal and piano driven, with touches of acoustic guitar, violin, hand claps, noise and what she says is the instrument of love.

...There is a lot to love about an artist like Clark who puts so much love into her art. [Her] musical composition is marked by several distinctive features. Her songs, while never over four minutes, often feel longer because of her pentient for poetic storytelling and subtle rhythmic changes and pauses. She also accompanies her already singularly gorgeous voice by often harmonizing with herself, the background vocals sometimes hushed, whispered, echoed, reverbed...

The lyrics on Crossing The Water To ? are simply phenomenal. At any given turn, [she] could take the easy road to cliché, yet she never does. Her poetic word play makes her stories and songs all the more interesting and compelling. Nothing is every straight up. Clark speaks in riddles, puns, metaphors and symbolism..."

10/2004
envy13.com (link)
by Dylan Metrano of Tigersaw

"Lindsay has just moved to Boston from Santa Cruz, CA. She recorded this album herself on 8-Track, but it sounds like a studio album. Piano, violin, and a chorus of voices - She sings songs that sound like dreams, jump-rope songs, and little angels and devils on your shoulders whispering in your ears. A voice that you feel is always singing to you. The emotion is raw, and the songs are classic and haunting."