" ... the storytelling is eloquent throughout, atmospheric and evocative without decending into bathos or cliché. Finley's vocals, meanwhile, are more than up the the lyrics' challenge: he can evoke passion, mystery, erotic tension, jubilation, outrage and spiritual yearning with equal aplomb, all the while avoiding histrionics or overkill. The songs themselves connect with straight-ahead blues, soul, R&B, folk pop and rock 'n' roll ... [with] enough chordal, melodic and harmonic swerves to please musically adventurous listeners, even as they remain sufficiently straight-ahead to be attractive to more roots-minded aficionados".