"A weird, loose collection of psychedelic-folk songs delivered from an honest place... A world that is equally of and for nature’s predisposition to frolic." -Willamette Weekly
"Playful, pastoral folk, crafted from varispeed vocals, odd tropical sounds, and a brightly strummed acoustic guitar...Volume 1 is really fun stuff." -Portland Mercury
"If you are desiring something totally different to add to your music collection, this likely will do it for you." -Local Vertical Blog
"'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' for a post-indie rock generation...A ghost of ambient genres past, will appeal to those who don’t mind some shaggy folkisms remade in arty ambience...A kind of New Age muzak for animal rights." -Left of the Dial Mag.
"Masterpieces waiting to happen. They are sounds that will definitely please fans of The Flaming Lips, Ween, and Black Moth Super Rainbow...Mindblowing mushroom shit" -Thisisbooksmusic Reviews
"In the old days, according to conventional wisdom, punk rock records sounded shitty because getting access to a professional-quality recording setup was prohibitively expensive. These days, you can turn a laptop into a recording studio for less than it costs to buy a used touring van. So when a record sounds shitty in 2009, it's either because the bands are just bad at recording music or it's a deliberate aesthetic choice, an intentional nod to those bygone times and their innocent "authenticity." With the backing of indie heavyweight Matador, scuzz-punks Times New Viking could presumably produce pristine pop nuggets if they wanted to, but instead, on latest album Born Again Revisited as much as on previous releases, they make a clipped, fuzzy, blown-out racket, roughing up the obvious hooks of their songs until they are bruised, bloody things. They're great live." - WWEEK
(Ella Street Social Club, 714 SW 20th Pl) A Leaf get good marks for having a charming story: The Seattle act began as a duo made up of lifelong friends Nate Daley and Shannon Donahue, before reemerging two years ago as a full-fledged band that captures the essence of their friendship. Sifting through warm folk songs of love and tenderness, Daley and Donahue capture the finer pop moments of Sparklehorse while tweaking the folk formula just enough to stay on their own path. On "Yesterday Today and Tomorrow," soft vocoder vocals weave through guitar, handclaps, and a
