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Sonia Rutstein and Cindy Frank and band sing and play intensely about love (gay and otherwise), the insanity of war, H.I.V., and other topical and timeless material. Usually, you'd expect songs like these to get restrained, folky, low-budget backing. Not here. The production is dramatic, unabashed pop -- kicking drums, big guitar sounds, and melodies and harmonies that are far catchier and less austere than the standard 'topical songwriter' fare -- which probably helps to explain why disappear fear's growing following goes well beyond the folk audience. Produced by drummer Craig Kampf; guest vocals by Janis Ian & The Indigo Girls.