The phosphorescent blues

"[The album] includes pieces by Debussy and Scriabin, finely played on mandolin, fiddle, banjo and guitar, while 10-and-a-half-minute opener Familiarity is a pained and thoughtful song with constant musical and emotional mood changes and echoes of Beach Boys harmonies. It makes for an intriguing, though at times overcomplex and unfocused, blend. The band sound happiest when they return to their roots on the exuberant bluegrass workout Boll Weevil".

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"Med en agenda om at kreere progressiv bluegrass åbner amerikanske Punch Brothers deres fjerde album med den 10 minutter lange Familiarity, der er lidt af en rodebutik, med nok musikalske idéer til at vare et helt album. Det gør desværre, at man aldrig bliver familiær med den ambitiøse sang, der ellers byder på den fineste Beach Boys-harmoni siden, ja Beach Boys ... At en notabilitet som mesterproduceren T Bone Burnett ikke har kunnet gøre mere godt for dette album, siger nok mest om sangudvalget".