“If pop music is a wild animal, then this Chapel Hill trio’s domesticated it, teaching it to sit up, roll over and lay in their lap. Their songs amble with unhurried grace and purr with ineffable charm.”

“Think of Aminals music as sort of a musical diary or even a type of social networking...”

“Aminal pushes tunes that are just as strong through a porous rustic filter, like Spoon with work boots.”

“One of the most exciting bands to emerge from Chapel Hill during the backside of this decade, the young four-piece Aminal brims with a potential only matched by its abundant hooks.”

“By using their energy productively, rather than allowing every song to melt in to a full-scale “rock-out”, Aminal’s songs are both engaging and attractive to listen to, appropriate for a wide range of moods or settings.”

“Instead of confining themselves to one set of genre conceits, Aminal mixes and matches, touching on art rock, garage, roots and pop across the eminently listenable 10 tracks. To wit, I've listened to each of them at least a dozen times, and I'm not done with them yet.”