Vivian's songs are unique expression of her unusual upbringing in various one-room cabins amidst of the coastal mountains of northern California. “Growing up in that fashion, I was often at the mercy of the elements,” she recalls. “So from a very young age, I have been deeply connected to and influenced by the weather. My perception of any experience is always inextricably tied to the conditions of the sky. “

Throughout her set we hear tales of reluctant love and rain-heavy clouds, of lust beneath the light of a full moon, of loneliness in sun-dappled meadows, and the inevitability of loss..

“When I went in to record the album, I generally didn’t ask people to play specific lines or notes on their instruments, instead I would say ‘play that drum part so that it sounds like thunder’ or ‘play that piano part high and lonesome as though it were a small star in the night sky’. It probably drove everyone crazy at the time,” she confides, “but, for me, the most important role that the instruments were going to play was to help express the meteorological conditions that already existed at the foundation of each song.”

Under the guidance of producer Beck Henderer Pena, Vivian is joined by a capable crew of musicians, many of whom play in other acclaimed Seattle bands: Eric Eagle (Johanna Kunin, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Laura Veirs), Jon Hyde (Transmissionary Six) and Bill Herzog (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, JRL Phelps, Citizen’s Utilities). Other collaborators include distinguished jazz organist Wayne Horvitz (Bill Frisell, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn) and up-and-coming
composer/arranger Charlie Smith.

Vivian and her band are are touring in support of Watch the Light Fade following it's August 2006 release on Tarnished Records.