Thanks for listening

"In everything he does, solo or in bands like the Punch Brothers, Thile practises a form of eclectic high pop, whether performing bluegrass, Bach or The Beach Boys, always stretching - even at risk of being too artful - and always engaging the audience. He also has a wonderfully quirky pop sensibility, sending his high-pitched voice into soaring cross-genre melodies, and a neat line in whip-smart lyrics".

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"Thile can be a little too harmonically complex and over-wordy, while his whimsy can irritate (check the jaunty Elephant in the Room, about being trapped with relatives for Thanksgiving). But sometimes - as with Douglas Fir, a heavenly Yuletide duet with Aoife O'Donovan - it hits the spot".

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"Despite its more collaborative origins, Thanks for Listening plays like a singer/songwriter album from Thile, one with moments of humor, poignancy, dread, and playfulness. Particularly "for anyone trying to hear through the din of a boorish year," it captures the Zeitgeist of the first half of 2017 with a very human touch".

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