Personal Review:

I enjoyed this release. Nickel Creek fans will not be surprised by its musical content or directions. Between the Bands' southern California roots and their relative youthfulness it simply stands to reason that they will be influenced musically by what is going on around them. In this album, I believe they decided to hone in on what they found closer to their hearts and poured their pbuttion behind it more so than just their musicianship.

You can also hear a deliberate order and flow to the album. Appropriately ending with the question "why should the fire die?". I listened to it one time out of order and it simply didn't have the same effect. I believe the absence of a stand out solo is for this very reason. The album must be listened to as an enbreasty itself and not simply a collection of unrelated material. If you like poppy bluegrbutt, you'd likely appreciate this album.

I'm going to see them perform in Boston in October. This will be my third time to see them. They are extremely talented and seeing Chris Thile play is worth the ticket price alone.

B