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"Emily Rodgers has one of those haunting, unforgettable voices that radiates with a surreal beauty...Though the songs are rooted loosely in traditional folk, Rodgers' voice and the creaky production give it a creepy, slightly more experimental feel."
-NPR All Songs Considered |
| "When Rodgers makes her first appearance 25 seconds into the song "In Spring Alchemy" over creeping guitar lines and a fog of atmosphere, the voice is chilling and ghostly, as if sung from the netherworld... It's instantly beautiful, troubled and hypnotic." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| "Emily Rodgers is certainly melancholy, sure, but the inherent mysteriousness of her ghostly songs transcends mere mood and cuts deeper."
-Time Out Chicago |
| "Emily is a true artist...she lives it, and she breathes it. Music isn't so much something she's 'making' as something she 'IS.' That's pretty rare in this world of mega-corporations. She's a songwriter in the classic sense of the term. She's not doing this to become famous, or even to be heard. She's doing it because she HAS to write songs, and those types of artists are becoming much harder to find in these success-driven times...The band is articulating her own very personal vision. It may become more of a band as time passes by, but when I was mixing this great little collection of songs for her, the line from my mixing lab was drawn straight to Emily's heart." -Kramer |
| "...A shimmer similar to that of the Galaxie catalog or Mazzy Star...Bright Day offers Rodgers' languorous elision of lyrics in what sounds like a Southern drawl, with a bit of the lonesome call of Edith Frost." -Pittsburgh City Paper |
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"Rodgers' band maintains a shimmery, supportive role, only occasionally breaking loose on wild, Crazy Horsish guitar jams." -Pittsburgh City Paper |
| "Kramer, the legendary indie producer mixed and mastered "Bright Day." Heady company, but Rodgers' material is worthy of such talents. "Bright Day" is an alluring, dreamy album that will evoke comparisons to The Sundays, Mazzy Star and the Innocence Mission." -Tribune-Review |
| "Rodgers evokes a modern day Emily Dickinson, crafting verses about memory and longing." -Burgh Sounds |
| "Siren song mixes with twang-y guitar at a slow tempo to create a moody, melancholy ambiance reminiscent of Cowboy Junkies and Mazzy Star." -QRO Magazine |
| "Throughout the set, the band maintained a fairly slow, loping pulse, with lonesome, echoing guitars that built toward an explosive, raging finale." -Pittsburgh City Paper (review of SXSW performance) |
| "Bright Day is a gorgeous and intense record that showcases Rodgers' resonating, emotive vocals with melancholic beauty." -Record Depot |
| "Bright Day," contrary to its title, is dark and introspective, like a stripped down Neil Young...it is a grand showcase for her voice, the featured instrument of the record, and the lyrics she offers." -Old Mon Music |
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