"Oh my, what joyous noise. Sam Amidon's much-anticipated Nonesuch follow-up sets out its intent from the off: a no-holds-barred banjo-driven powerhouse version of Walkin' Boss (learned from Jeff Davis), fuelled by funk, grit, ringing guitar and that distinctive removed, rasping holler that Amidon inhabits so well. And so it continues - a sonic rush of an album: Amidon's "reimagined folk songs" allowing new shards of light to re-focus the listener on well-worn material ... Unfurling, twisting and turning, and uplifting music".