featured on LA RECORD's top 15 list of summer 2010 releases . --100th Anniversary Issue -- "Nico" featured on Aquarium Drunkard and Pitchfork's "forkcast." "...produced by the Morning Benders’ Christopher Chu, offers seven lovingly warped dashes of vintage-sounding pop.." --BUZZBANDS LA -- ".. assembles shattered, heartfelt -- and somehow fun -- distressed pop songs, with his own distant vocals capping off the moodiness. Here are jaunty tempos, long, bittersweet organ chords, and surprising atmospherics." --SF WEEKLY -- "collects together a winningly screwball set of influences that overlap only for their charm and idiosyncrasy. --OC WEEKLY -- "The Long Beach/Los Angeles trio's ability to effortlessly draw from a wide array of influences that twist and turn from song to song is something quite beautiful to see and hear." --BMI Indie Spotlight-- "Underneath well written lyrics is a tightly interwoven symphonic dream" --LA Indie Music Examiner -- "Labeling themselves as “bedroom pop” this song (NICO) perfectly captures that sleepy-late-afternoon-weekend kind of feeling. It’s dreamlike and slow and has just a tinge of longing heartbreak about it." --laisthenewny.com-- "There’s nothing here over three minutes, which works out fine: once you get drawn in by the “Once upon, once upon a time” in “Seesaw,” the track’s pretty much over. But you don’t feel cheated, just ready to further explore the lush “bedroom pop” that charms in sweet, discreet increments." --Everydaynoisemag.com-- "There's a depth and richness that surrounds this album and engulfs the listener in a space that is at once comfortable and contemplative. The music is familiar and haunting, sad and sullen, exciting and joyful...The songs on Love Songs for When You Leave Me range from the densely aural, enchantingly moody and peaceful sway of "Seesaw" to a zippy little skiffle number about infidelity and reconciliation called "Night Terrors." From the Dark lands, I can just barely see "Like No Other" hiding in the shadows. I can hear David Byrne warbling "Good Talk" through a dusty little AM radio while a kitchen table conversation about "Candy" transpires between Alan Davidson and Sean Tollefson." --MungBeing Magazine--