What They're Saying About THE ROOKS!

"They're propelled by Kristin Pinell's authoritative, fluid guitar leads, which add a graceful but powerful punch to Mazzarella's words and music...Mazzarella's songs are expressive, emotional and well versed in both the human condition and pop music tradition." - Music Hound

"As close to perfection as you're likely to get, the veteran Rooks seamlessly blend their pop with folk psychedelia, straight up rock and anything else that might be floating around in Michael Mazzarella's beautiful brain!" - San Francisco Bay Guardian

"The Rooks are a New York based quartet centered around the vocal and compositional skills of one Michael Mazzarella. If you like a tune and lyrical twist, you owe it to yourself to take a look at The Rooks" - Mojo

"Mazzarella's memorable melodies, well thought out arrangements and brilliant harmonies combine for an intoxicating effect." - Net Magazine

"A small but growing number of rock critics are claiming that Rooks singer/songwriter Michael Mazzarella is God. Personally, I wouldn't even claim he's Rod. It might go to his head and he'd stop making such revelatory rock 'n roll." - New York Press

"The Rooks are causing a critical ruckus with lead singer/songwriter Michael Mazzarella's Lennonesque vocals laying lusciously atop wonderfully tight, energetic melodies. You can - and should - pick up all of their material on Not Lame Records." - Entertainment Today

"Michael Mazzarella has been compared to John Lennon, which might make you realize that this isn't just any other band. Check this band out...PLEASE!" - Sound Effects (Sweden)

"From start to finish, almost no comparisons can be drawn to anything else ever done. The music has a timeless, craftsman-like quality-their somewhat cerebral and almost bizarre pop seems deserving of it's own genre." - AMG (All Music Guide)

"If the Rooks deserve all The Beatles comparisons that have been showered upon them from Billboard and NY Press on down, it's not just for their lost Lennon Tapes-as-broadcast-via satellite on 'Our World' sound. It's because their unique combination of dazzling vocal harmonies, chiming and riffing guitars and Tin Pan Alley-meets desolation row songs has no contemporary reverent." - Hudson Current

"This quartet's latest record was everything a pop music fan could hope for. A dozen melodic, guitar driven songs, each one chiseled and polished until it radiated a knowing inner light. One listen proved that songcraft was this band's prime directive; any other ambitions were checked at the door." - Sound Views

"The wealth of tunes the Rooks can draw from is simply amazing - Mazzarella is one of those rare songwriters that obviously can't provide anything mediocre leave alone bad." - Hartbeat (Germany)

"Michael Mazzarella's songs are some of the best this last decade has produced." - Audities

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