“cinematic soundscapes that weave melodies and textures like they were strands of colored cloth…what emerges is a shimmering surface of sound”

PopMatters

“almost unbelievable communication”

PopMatters

“strangely sensuous chamber music”

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

“sounds like a delicate and carefully planned set of miniature symphonies that invite the listener in even though they sound like intimate whispers”

PopMatters

“the choreography is masterful…the short tracks, corralled into three sections, are as spacious and subtle and sensitive as Beyond the Missouri Sky, the duo album released a decade and a half ago by Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden – but bent magnificently out of shape” ****

JazzWise

“almost miraculous”

El País

“a power of an empathetic two to suggest a larger, third entity underscores the enlightened free-play between rugged bassist Stephan Crump and innovative guitarist Mary Halvorson” ****

Downbeat

“the sound of two musical personalities getting to know each other…an almost voyeuristic pleasure”

The Wire

“two very sensitive and thoughtful musicians homing in on the moment’s razor edge…and creating a compelling body of music in the process”

Nashville Scene

“an incomparable engagement that soars above similar settings or frameworks set forth by others”

AllAboutJazz

“A laboratory for two of the most inventive string players working today…luminous, hushed, reflective, whimsical, dramatic, gripping, edge-of-your-seat soundscapes imbued with architectural savvy…”

Jim Macnie

“These are, in sum, sincere and poised accounts, fitting tributes to the exciting and faultless character of composers and their music.”

Jazz da Gama

“astonishing from one song to the next”

Jazz da Gama

“Such loose but precise music is difficult to execute well and the fact that the compositions are also uniformly excellent simply adds to the disc’s overall effect”

NYC Jazz Record

“guitarist Mary Halvorson and bassist Stephan Crump have perfected the art of inhabiting different worlds simultaneously”

NYC Jazz Record

“laudable balance of chamber-like precision and freewheeling intimacy”

The New York Times

“the tinkling timbral icicles that coalesce at end of ‘Erie’ touch on the sublime”

Dusted in Exile

“the music radiates both immediacy and intimacy”

Dusted in Exile

“The tunes burrow deeper into my memory with each pass, but it’s the way Halvorson and Crump dance together in those melodies that really knocks me out”

Chicago Reader

“the journey is rewarding”

JazzTimes

“the players take their time and never lapse into anything predictable”

JazzTimes