“New York’s Transcendence has added a touch of class to their gritty rock ‘n’ roll. Their mix of sleaze with sophistication recalls Louis XIV or Jet with better tunes. Like a one-stop supermarket, Transcendence supplies the sauce for a bender, and the aspirin for the morning after.”
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Editors Review, Download.com
“...Imagine Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Frank Zappa, Roger Waters, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Dan Wilson (Semisonic) and Bono partying all night and then cutting an album with Beatles producer George Martin manning the boards, and you might be in the neighborhood.”
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Jason Warburg, The Daily Vault
“…the band combines Jellyfish’s innate melodicism, Queen’s layers of orchestral glitz and enough synthesizers to make John Huges grim.”
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Kory Grow, CMJ New Music Monthly
“...previous two albums have made the band underground and alternative college and commercial radio darlings.”
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Al Haroldson, Kynd Music
“Transcendence bring to mind the pomp and glitter sounds that may collide if you merged classic Love `n Rockets, Matthew Sweet and Iggy Pop with David Bowie, T. Rex, World Party, The Thrills, Frank Zappa, even U2 and White Stripes.”
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Not Lame Records
“At times there is a hint of Bowie or Bono, or even Lennon…but overall a unique sound.”
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Holly Haze, WKQC Charlotte NC
“These guys sound like they pulled out some old Bowie tracks, did a bunch of drugs, and hit record, playing until the sun came up the next day.”
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Smother.net
“The mind boggling mix summed up by the title cut of their new opus, Nothing is cohesive, is a stunning collision of anthems that cull from Pink Floyd and Supertramp to U2, Coldplay and Radiohead.”
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Lee Zimmerman, New Times Magazine
“...you have to credit a band that can somehow fall in-between Zappa and Wings and get away with it.”
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Jonathan Rosen, JLRadio.com
“Hale's voice tones fall somewhere between Radioheads's Thom Yorke, and Space Oddity-era David Bowie.”
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Dan MacIntosh, Indie-Music.com
“While Hale is a skilled mockingbird who can pull off convincing impressions of Bowie, Lou Reed, Robert Plant, and Scott Walker, he does a pretty mean Ed Hale, too, borrowing from his influences without slavishly aping them.”
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Steve English, Splendid Magazine
“...great hooks and melodies, fascinating arrangements, and beautiful production.”
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Score! Music Magazine
“The Transcendence are strong musicians able to play a diversity of styles such as funk, hip-hop and electronica...Their songs are skillfully constructed with catchy hooks and flawless production.”
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Laura Turner Lynch, Kweevak.com
“Transcendence play exceptionally catchy AAA tuneful rock (with just the right dash of soul).”
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Aiding and Abbeting
“The only others that have this strong genre-stepping style are such notables as Smashmouth and Jim’s Big Ego.”
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Marcus Pan, Legends Magazine
“Their Rise and Shine effort maintains an aura of youthful exuberance that’s mature and refined. This is a personal album that’s not only interesting, but also a pleasurable listen.”
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Altar Native Magazine
“The tracks were everything from fun, to down right exotic, but if nothing else, unique and all-encomposing.”
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Gabe Bowling, Blunt Review
“From intelligent lyrics to smooth guitar rhythms to solid instrumentation to the way Ed Hale’s sonic voice fills each track, the bottom line is this album is worthy of your time.”
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Drew Kondylas, SUB MODERN BEST BET
“Like a one-stop supermarket, Transcendence supplies the sauce for a bender, and the aspirin for the morning after.”
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Editors Review, Download.com
