"...an energy and dynamism that recalls post-punk outfits such as the Buzzcocks and All." -Chicago Tribune

"...(the songs) roar to life as though the band had bet the farm on each one, Steve Gerlach's guitar squealing its way to the finish line, his vocals half bluster, half prairie seer." -CMJ

"...a power trio whose power is in their intelligence..." -Illinois Entertainer

"...when things calm down there's as much grit as sweetness in the delivery." -Option

"They gave us what we had been waiting for: pure, unadulterated, confident, hard rock guitar hypnotism. Steve Gerlach rattled his Stratocaster like a man breaking out of a cage filled with flames." -New City

"...the Helmsmen take an authoritative musical stance and command the listener's attention with a raw, honest style that is as heavy as it is full." -Nocturne