“The ragged jangle that accompanies Wasner’s vocal out of the lead break, the smeared canvas of feedback squall behind the verses, both offset Wasner perfectly, calling into question her tone here– is it playfulness or trepidation? A bit of both?”

—– Track Review in Pitchfork Media

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“The duo left a nice mark on the packed basement, surely hinting at more great music to come in the year ahead from them.”

—– Live Review in CMJ

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“String arrangements, absolutely magnetic bass, guitar whorls, and vocal trades and harmonies grow vertically like they’ve been bumped up with an aural fertilizer. And standing on top of it–say, the rolling and building feedback-lacquered peaks of ‘Warning’ or the gentle, hopeful ascension of ‘I Don’t Feel Young’–is exhilarating.”

—– No Cover Review in Baltimore City Paper

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“It’s a pop song dressed up in layers and layers of feedbacking guitars and slightly distorted, sing-song vocals by Jenn Wasner, and it sounds like the work of at least fifteen musical scientists instead of two.”

—– Track Review in Idolator

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“Dressed up or stripped down, Wye Oak’s immediately engaging pop rock has nothing to do with most of what’s on the radio.”

—– Feature in the Pacific Northwest Inlander

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“If Children mingles in a room full of shoegaze, alt-country, folk, and noise, shaking hands, kissing cheeks, and making friends with everyone.”

—–Full Review in Any Given Tuesday

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—– Feature in the Augusta Metro Spirit

—– Review on Butter Team

—– Album Review on Palebear

—– Track Review in Fluxblog

—– Full Review in Baltimore City Paper

—– Track Review in The Devil Has the Best Tuna (UK)

—– Record Review in Olympus Mons

—– Review at The Last Pop Song (Germany)

—– Review at Milk Milk Lemonade

—– Review at BiBaBiDi

—– Download of the Day at Little Radio

—– Full Radio Feature by The Signal on 88.1 WYPR Baltimore

—– Record Review at Quarterlife Party

—– Hear Good Music Feature in Wongie’s Music World

—– Review in Instrumental Analysis

—– Meet the Band Feature in Baltimore Sun

—– Full Live Review in Baltimore City Paper

—– Full Live Review at Quarterlife Party


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