METROMIX
Pat Tyler - January 2006

Dove plays indie rock in the true sense of the term. These aren’t pop songs packaged in a faux low-fi recording. They push boundaries. Dove’s fingers traipse along fret boards, and he slices between clean and distorted riffs. At times the show-gazer, at times the rocker, Dove mixes styles on the album fluidly. Instrumental standouts include “2600” and “Pronto,” which varies guitar sounds to create a frantic musical soundscape. Dove plays from the heart and through his teeth on tracks like “Girl, My Love is Like Keno.” Reminiscent of Elliott Smith, Dove muses about his incompatibility with a girl. If the album had a chewy chocolate center, it would be the short and sweet (if you can call any song that uses the word “motherfucker” sweet) track “Hey.” Though writing lyrics is one of his strengths, Dove blends instrumental and vocal tracks to create an album capable of expression without vocals.