PRESS
solo:
"An amazing debut album...[Alpine Seas] delighted us from the first notes. ...Faced with such happiness, let us not be stingy with compliments, Brian S. Cassidy easily approaches the late Elliott Smith, reference among references, to which we can add without wavering, Australian Ben Lee..." -IndieMusic (France) full review of Alpine Seas
"8 out of 10. The shadow of Elliot Smith shines." -SBO (France)
Top 5 Album of 2016 - Mike Ribes, Musik Please
#2 Album of 2016 - Vincent Arquilliere, PopNews
Top 10 Album of 2016 - Laurent Thore, Slow Show (Fr.)
"A beautiful record... 8.5/10" -Curious Ears (Fr.)
"Brian Cassidy is an exceptional performer, and his falsely gentle voice conveys simple but striking emotions... 5/5." -Nouvelle Vague (Fr.)
Top 5 Album of 2016 - Mike Ribes, Musik Please
#2 Album of 2016 - Vincent Arquilliere, PopNews
Top 10 Album of 2016 - Laurent Thore, Slow Show (Fr.)
"A beautiful record... 8.5/10" -Curious Ears (Fr.)
"Brian Cassidy is an exceptional performer, and his falsely gentle voice conveys simple but striking emotions... 5/5." -Nouvelle Vague (Fr.)
"We cover a lot of DIY self-recorded music here at WTD, but I’m struggling to think of one that sounds so great, so clear and polished." -Wake the Deaf (UK) full review of Alpine Seas
"The opening track is so captivating, you won't want to leave the track. ...Extremely sharp and fluid. ...We cannot stop listening." -Break Musical (France) full review of Alpine Seas
"The debut album from Brian S. Cassidy is not to be underestimated. ...It is almost perfectly shaped." -Das Kleinicum (Germany) full review of Alpine Seas
"...talented techniques of pure music making." -Give It A Spin (Greece) full review
with Okkervil River:
" . . . superb, sliding from guitar to pedal steel to mandolin with consummate skill and ease." -Oceans Never Listen (Sydney, Australia)
"absolutely tears it up . . . playing melodic, intricate leads on a grizzly, distorted electric that's tone is perfectly in tune with and complementary to the rest of the band's sound." -Willamette Week (Portland, OR)
" . . . superb, sliding from guitar to pedal steel to mandolin with consummate skill and ease." -Oceans Never Listen (Sydney, Australia)
"absolutely tears it up . . . playing melodic, intricate leads on a grizzly, distorted electric that's tone is perfectly in tune with and complementary to the rest of the band's sound." -Willamette Week (Portland, OR)
