Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s.", "A welcome embrace of classicism and craft, recalling ’60s pop and homespun ’80s indie but locating something more intimate than either.", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...naive and fragile on the outside, tough with knowledge of obscure psychedelic pop records on the inside....the soundtrack to staying too long in your college neighborhood and becoming one of those types who hold down library jobs...", 8 (out of 10) - "...this...is a pastoral album whose minor accomplishments add up to tremendous power when heard as a whole. Murdoch and his disciples...refuse to do anything in broad strokes, which means nothing here wears out over repeated listenings, but that you also have to lean into the album to get much out of it...", "...Murdoch can apparently make a witty yet heartfelt song of anything that crosses his mind, from a dirty dream...to turning down a record executive's invitation to dinner..." - Rating: A-, "Arab Strap Remains a Definitive Document for Fans and Historians of the Genre."
