I haven’t listened to an album as often as this one since Fairport's Glady's Leap or Brian Eno's Before and After Science. The band is an unusual blend of pop/rock, ethnic and ambient music with plenty of synthesizers, electric guitars and the driving percussion that make up most rock bands. The difference with this group is the obvious talent each member has, the complex but never boring arrangements and rhythms that keep your feet tapping. Group du Jour has been entertaining audiences in the Portland, Oregon the fear of a house-hold intruder of an unspecified species. The guitar work by Paul Parker is haunting. The slow, held notes in "A Quiet Pandemonium" underscore the beautiful lyrics that speak with a truthful passion that most pop/rock songs can only hope to achieve. The uncredited female lead vocals (sic) of "Predictable Heart" are quite nice, but especially add a new dimension to "Soft Focus" when blended with Daniel Crommie's deeper, mellow voice.
— James Morman, Dirty Linen

Please excuse me, But I need to rave about a unique band from deepest Portland. All over America, music nerds huddle in basement studios, screwing around with synthesizers, ethnic rhythms and whatever odd assortment of instruments they and their friends own, complaining that nobody takes their music seriously. Almost inevitably, the problem is that nothing happens in this music — it's an abstract study in technique, private noodling, a pointless, self-deluded hobby.