"A great record usually announces itself in the opening track and, from the first few bars of Better for It Kid, its pretty clear that The National Lights have produced something extraordinary. About a year in the making, recorded in various locations including The Divinity Lutheran Church and a garden in Towson, MD, singer-songwriter Jacob Thomas Burns and Ernest Christian Kiehne (of the Bland Allisons) have created a record that resists description although might share distant cousins with, say, Nick Cave and Hem....As it stands, these ten songs answer every question as to what makes a fine record and, for those who enjoy their traditional Gothic poison sweetened with honey, tell me what there is out there that is any better than this?" -- Robin Cracknell, americana-uk.com (Bloodshake)
