Group From Chapel Hill; Compare To Pink Floyd, Simon &GarfunkelQ (10/00, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A fully formed debut, with tangential echoes of mid-period Beach Boys and Byrds, and, oddly, more than a whiff of The Beta Band....an hermetically ... Full Description sealed, beautifully bucolic world..." Uncut (10/00, p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Full of charming harmonies, chiming guitars and limpid pools of sound so warm you want to take off your clothes and swim in them..." Magnet (4-5/00, p.79) - "...A quiet little record that sneaks up on you with how good it is. Built around a trio of singers, mellow chord progressions and understated drumming....Simple beauty....it's like a snapshot of an angel." Magnet (p.115) - "The Kingsbury Manx carves its own niche on this debut....Seduction through simplicity is the secret." Melody Maker (9/12/00, p.51) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A softly spoken, understated classic..." Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.104) - "...Their melodic, dreamy music is smart and contemporary yet also innocent and removed..." NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.78) - Ranked #30 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year". NME (Magazine) (10/7/00, p.41) - 8 out of 10 - "...Darkened with 21st century melancholy....this take on soft-spoken, heartbreak music excels on all levels..."