"One of America's best- and most underrated - songwriters.
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--PopMatters
"A voice to turn goodgirls bad...Maybe crazy but damn exciting."
--The Village Voice
"Put simply, the ReidPaley Trio knows how to get down. He's got mischief in his eye, Elvis in hisjoints, and booze everywhere else."
--NYRock
"What? You want somekind of description of the artist and his music? Just fucking listen to the guyand enjoy his prowess."
-- Frank Black a.k.a. BlackFrancis
"One of the EastCoast's best-kept secrets...You need to see him."
--What's On In London
"A proudly weird talentwith a nervy raw appeal."
--Time Out New York
"Straightforward,sarcastic, funny and gifted at putting a song together."
--New York Press
“So many critics wax onabout how Reid Paley is an underrated, undiscovered talent -- but it's actuallytrue. He's an immensely talented singer-guitarist-songwriter...This is the"real thing", but it doesn't comfortably fit in any category to reachthe masses.”
--Cheap Thrills Boston
“The bastard child ofSinatra and Lemmy.”
--Random Magazine UK
“Possessed with the voice ofa drunken wolf…Songs that roar."
--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Best Actual Gig of theYear. Very very impressive."
--Sleazegrinder UK
"Reduce-you-to-tearsrazor wit...Reid Paley ought to be a household name."
--Pittsburgh City Paper
"As Baudelaire was thespleen of Paris, Reid Paley is the spleen of New York... How else could hewrite such messianic blues, such prophetic rock 'n' roll?"
--442éme Rue, Paris
“A jazz-blues-rockabillysound so distinctive that it takes a while for your listening organs to balancethe gruff, hoarse voice with the excellent playing. A dark wit that will haveyou spitting your dinner over the stereo in mirth.”
--SoundsXP UK
"More messy jazz from adrunken genius."
--City Life, Manchester UK
"Everyone has afavorite drinking album. Right now, mine is REVIVAL... For all his simplicity,Reid is like nobody else."
--Seattle Weekly
"A soot-black sense ofhumor as biting as an underfed Rottweiler."
--Cleveland Free Times
"For fans of churlishhonesty and unaffected one-man shows, REVIVAL is a nonstop riot."
--San Francisco Weekly
"An unholy howl of avoice."
--CMJ
"A great musicalattraction...a sort of Sinatra for the disaffected."
--Mississippi Reflector
"Reid Paley is the kindof artist Seattle loves."
--The Stranger