PRESS QUOTES:
"...one of the best indie-rock albums of the year." - Des Moines City View
"All it should take is a little exposure and you can say, "I saw Flashbulb Fires when ..." - Gary Hizer, Urban Tulsa Weekly
“[Flashbulb Fires] combine atmospheric soundscapes with rock melodies, vocal harmonies and sometimes sardonic, sometimes tortured lyrics. The results are stealthily arresting." – Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News
“We definitely don’t need any more piano-driven, overly emotional indie music, and Flashbulb Fires slashes through this stereotype with a vengeance, showing a whole new side to the American indie genre.” – Natalie Camacci, The Pitt News
"When McGuire sings lead…he is the perfect mix of tenacity and naiveté." - Tansy Maude Peregrine, The Huffington Post
"[Glory] is a near-immaculate pop-effort in the style of Phantom Planet, Grizzly Bear and maybe even a little early Radiohead..." – Cory Kibler, Star City Blog
"Glory's harmonies are undauntedly layered with richly orchestrated horns that could come straight from the heavens and vocal harmonies sweet enough to be sung in any choir." – Dave Herrera, Denver Westword
"Glory will make you run until you run out of breath.” – David Kurtz, Bocumast.com
“[Glory] boasts am impressive array of sounds and textures." – Darryl Smyers, Dallas Observer
“While many bands that identify themselves as “indie” today make their careers by sounding like other so-called “indie” bands, Flashbulb Fires has carefully crafted its own style. Taking some of the best elements from all eras of modern music, the group sneak by with modest, yet unrelentingly catchy tunes, set to mature lyrics of love and pain delivered by frontman Patrick McGuire.” – Andrew R Jones, The Corner News
"It is a testament to the band’s creativity that they can be as eccentric as they are without sounding the same song after song." - PresentMagazine.com
“[Patrick McGuire] bleeds his conflicted spirituality into the sidewalk cracks of suburban drudgery, a style lifelike and poetic. Results are modern and American, self-aware and self-assured.” – Jarrett Fontaine, The Reader
“Emotional and engulfing, Glory is a wall-of-sound song cycle." –Dallas Morning News
“[Glory] is a massive arrangement with countless layers — a real score, rather than a collection of tracks.” – Brian F Johnson, Marquee Magazine
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