To The Races is built around acoustic guitar and minimal arrangements, the songs still begin in a plain place, then slowly tug listeners away.  Full text...

A taut and startling proper debut.  Full text...

Self-recorded, Nebraska-style, in a hotel room on the North Carolina coastline, To The Races more often evokes Iron & Wine than Springsteen, but the end result is still quite lovely. Each track's guitar line is gently finger-picked and accompanied by the occasional piano, harmonica, or violin forming a sound both minimalist and lush.  Full text...

Stripped down to nothing more than a guitar, vocals and a few harmonies, the album is quiet and fragile, exposing a side of Bachmann that will shock Archers fans and please Crooked Fingers devotees.  Full text...

To the Races isn’t that bad. Bachmann’s just so much better.   Full text...