"Desoto Reds, Bernadette and the Hundred Devils (self-released). In a region so blessed with gifted groups maintaining absurdly low profiles, it can be risky to sort the winners from the losers. Still, we'll place our bets on Oakland's little-known Desoto Reds, who show heaps of promise through a rare blend of cerebral pop and garage rock." -East Bay Express.
"The Desoto Reds have a calling: to remind us that brainy white people's music can be fun. (If you listened to nothing but Radiohead, who could stand your company?) Alex Sterling and company continue to delight and refresh with their original mix of ideas and sound on Hanglide Thru Yer Window, their third release."
- Carrie Mason, West Coast Performer.
"Bay Area indie rock band Desoto Reds is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Alex Sterling. The group began as a duo in the late '90s before expanding to a quartet, and earned local write-ups for their homemade cassette releases. The Desoto Reds EP was released in 1999, but three years passed before Fogsnob Records released two Desoto Reds albums, Preppy Freakout, Vol. 1 and the disc of "odds and reds" Preppy Freakout, Vol. 2, simultaneously on April 22, 2002. Floating Man Records issued the group's next album, Hanglide Thru Yer Window, on June 1, 2004." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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