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After 17-plus years of performing more than 100 concerts annually, releasing eight studio albums and selling more than 3.5 million tracks online, Umphrey’s McGee might be forgiven if they chose to rest on their laurels. But then that wouldn’t be consistent with the work ethic demonstrated by the band, which consistently attempts to raise the bar, setting and achieving new goals since forming on the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana, in 1997. After releasing their eighth studio album, Similar Skin, the first for their own indie label, Nothing Too Fancy (N2F) Music (distributed by RED), the group continue to push the envelope and test the limits. Their brand-new studio album, The London Session, was a dream come true for the members having been recorded at the legendary Studio Two at historic Abbey Road. The stealth recording session yielded 10 tracks in a single day, proving once again, the prolific UM waits for no one.
“Twelve hours after their arrival, shortly before midnight, Umphrey's McGee left Abbey Road with a new album of their own.”
David Fricke - Rolling Stone
“...stand revealed as consummate musical alchemists, deftly reconfiguring sounds from rock's vast panoply of styles... ...[T]he sleekly constructed tunes sparkle with a sweetness and soul that's more than the sum of their influences.”
Tom Sinclair - Entertainment Weekly
"****" - Live at the Murat is a diligently constructed experience, combining songs and medleys from four sets into a two-CD suite of peaks that proves Umphrey's McGee always have destination on their minds, even when they fly free.
David Fricke - Rolling Stone
“If complexity is the standard by which it should be judged, ''Mantis'' warranted the buildup. Most of its songs combine sharp riffs with unexpected twists, injections of odd meter, modulations in key.”
Nate Chinen - New York Times
