The thing is, these guys put together a bunch of original songs and … it’s a boffo blast of twang, drinking songs and music to make you want to head out on the dance floor. Or you can just sit at the stick and cry into your beer. Either works
– No Depression
Usually one picks up, for better or worse, on a particular facet of an album, the singing, the material, an instrument, the arrangements or the production, but with this LA alternative country quintet you get a seamless package, everything fits together like, well, I was going to say a well-oiled machine, but that doesn’t work because there’s nothing slick or mechanical about their debut… what I’m hearing is an exceptionally good country band backing two remarkable Americana songwriters
– John Conquest, Third Coast Magazine