"Classic "demos" recorded on eight and 12-track machines. Smart, poetic observations on life, love and all that matters most on this fragile globe. Although Over the Rhine may be a hit away from stardom, it's this artful alternative pop group's intelligent poetry, emotionally engaging music and self-conscious creativity that bespeaks the possibility of a real breakthrough. And at the heart of these songs is an awareness and pursuit of spirituality that suggests meaning and direction without preachiness or pandering. Don't spare your heart, just feel the joy that's bleeding out of gentle wounds..."
- Brian Quincy Newcomb

"...awesomely beautiful lyrics, complex acoustic-based music, a sense of humour coupled with genuine artfulness. This record twists and floats, wraps you in its arms, smacks you 'round the face and then kisses you to make up."
- Rupert Loydell, London, England

"...impressionistic outlines of hope, fear, wonder--pure ecstacy."
- Wim Boluyt, Tholen, Holland

"...thoughtful melodies and brainy lyrics smartly sung by the all-knowing, bewitching voice of Karin Bergquist."
- Cliff Radel, Cincinnati, Ohio

"If these guys don't make it big, there's definitely something wrong with the music business."
- Factsheet Five

"Combine its pure poetry, its spiritual joy and torment, and its romantic ideals and realism with its many colors, its surrealistic music, its restrained passion, and a captivating voice with more texture than corduroy and burlap, and what you have is pure magic."
- Art Clippings, Athens, Georgia (full review here)

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