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"Jonathan Meek & the Mutes' sound bursts out of the cage with an immediate intensity; a slushy mixture of warbly, irregular melody that cuts through the mildewy self-consciousness of capital 'I' Indie Rock like lemon juice on a 3rd degree burn, and then sounds like Nick Drake joined early Radiohead, reasserting that amidst all the poseurs, there is still a life in the scene - a blistered beating heart with a head drunk with ideas." --Ighuaran, MusicZeitgeist.com [read more]


"These guys understand what works for these songs, and hit it out of the park on every track...There's something new being created here." --Travis Dow, Indie-Music.com [read more]


"...a very potent concoction indeed. Take a sip..." --Kai Shuart, EvolutionofMedia.com [read more]


"Meek's songs...are like short films in musical form. Meek writes strongly in images, that he conveys with his eccentric voice...4 out of 5 stars." --Wildy Haskell, Wildy's World Blog [read more]


"...deeply introspective, and the different voices found in each song -- whether they be instrumental or human -- express the myriad points of view at battle within us all: at times discordant, at times in unison." --Phil Lehman, NASCENT magazine [read more]


"DIY rock, at [its] best when Meek and his guitar let loose." --Nate Seltenrich, The East Bay Express [read more]