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I love a band that can stab you in the forehead with an ice-pick and then wipe off the blood with a silk hanky. *AM Stereo are precisely that type of band. Fiercely indie, loud, sloppy, with unabashedly melodic hooks. *AM Stereo has mastered the art of falling down stairs and landing on their feet. These tracks are as balls-out rocking as Fugazi but with the melodic sensibilities of Soul Asylum.
–Brian Westbye, The Noise,

The layers and layers of distorted, crunchy guitars are piled on so thick its like drowning in the deep end of a pool filled with molasses.
–J. Lianna Ness, Instant,

*AM Stereo has a boisterous, often celebratory sloppiness thrown over a sturdy pop framework that made me think of two legendary bands. I'll just say one was from Minneapolis, while the other resides in Chapel Hill. They display some of the same heart and guts.
–Matt, Superstar in Stereo,

One gets the sense that the band exerts a potentially fierce amount of energy in the live format...the riffs stick with you far beyond listening. This is a great album for anyone new to alternative slots in rock 'n' roll who wants to engage in angst-colored pop without having to rely on the less kind Korns or Rob Zombies of the world.
–Anne Weeks, The Weekly Dig,

This is the kind of band which, even if they sucked, I'd wanna be their pal. They don't suck a bit. You could run these guys through a Juicemaster and not wring one drop of pretense out of 'em.
–Joe Coughlin, The Noise,

While vocal responsibilities are passed between Steve Crotty, Brooke Fletcher and Jeff Ahearn like a bottle of Listerine at a homeless shelter, it becomes painfully evident that these boys couldn't carry a tune if it had handles. Funny thing though, it doesn't stop this self-titled debut from being exceptionally explosive.
–Alan Levesque, Northeast Performer,

*AM Stereo pushes the aural boundaries to the limits with gutwrenching vocals, Marshall stacks cranked to 11 and drumming that's as volatile as a Ted Kazinsky letter bomb.
–Douglas Sloan, Metronome,

Imagine please, a type of indie rock that has in it a surprisingly comfortable stadium-like sound, a too sunny and hot southern rock feel, and a combination of thick guitars and melodic vocals. It's likely that the band you begin to imagine is a lot like *AM Stereo. Everything in this record somehow contains an element of energy, even the softer parts of the songs. The choruses of every song somehow remind me of the last chorus of the last song of a great band's second encore. These guys definitely have some real talent and are pretty fun to listen to.
–Sore #12