“Rough-hewn prairie blues and back porch meditations on solid debut from rising poet of the Texas plains.” – Daily Mirror
“…a Springsteen-ish, country/folk Americana set that mixes lonesome acoustic ballads such as ‘Amarillo’ with mean, stomp-box blues (‘I Think I’ll Be Their God), and freight-train lamets (‘Piss Down In My Bones’).” – Metro
“…a charismatic Texan singer-songwriter whose writing is rugged, masculine, but not afraid to express vulnerability… he is a true poet.” – Times of London
“…quietly magnificent debut album.” – Sunday Express
“…Flatlands heralds a gritty, poetic new American voice.” – Mail On Sunday
“…shapes his characters with dirt, blood, spiritual foreboding.” – Mojo