"An explosive eruption of brilliance."          -Free Fest Monthly

"Kinks-like catchiness"          -Yellow Pills

"A band for the ages, timeless, inscrutable"          -Empire Monthly

"...beautiful garage rock..."         -Indie File

"...deceptively deep pools of sound."          -River Cities Reader

"...just enough pretension to make it fun."         -Showcase Chicago

 

"Ultimately Lava Sutra will charm you with the pastiche of pop delights at the same time they're pummeling you with their guitars. And you'll thank them for it. Really."

-Dan Kening, Daily Herald

 

"Enough psychedelic tapestries to carpet a warehouse."

         -Chicago Tribune

 

"Having captured the hearts of Chicago music fans, it's only a matter of time before Lava Sutra seduces the rest of the country with their harmonious racket."

         -Pop Sunday

 

"Extra groovy" and "pop gems" "perverse as the youthful memories of birthdays gone by"

         -Wrap Up

 

"Raw guitar semi-psychedelic rock with more than a hard-edged nod to the wilder side of things"

         -B Side Magazine

 

"...a valentine to WLS AM radio of the '70s...the music of Lava Sutra remains intelligent, original, and fun, looking toward a bright future while continuing to draw valuable inspiration from the past."

        -Illinois Entertainer

 

"[Lava Sutra] could blow the current crop of jamming hippies clear outta the battlefield."

         -Roctober