The Word and the Flesh Band of Susans

“Despite featuring their third pair of guitarists in as many albums, Band of Susans deliver their most assured, accessible album. The guitars operate as interlocking pieces of a larger puzzle, while bassist Susan Stenger floats below, providing structure without being chained to the beat. The sound alternates between haunting and crushing, and the guitars are finally consistently corralled into the dramatic service of the song. The clean, nearly reverb-less guitar sound leaves plenty of room to hear the guitars’ idiosyncratic directions while maintaining a nearly opaque wall of sound. The effect is of rich lattices of guitar and intermingling swells, lifting and propelling the songs through an omnipresent guitar drone.” - Chris Parker, AllMusic