This band is the embodiment of greatness. I got this record for free (‘cause I review records) and I’m even going out to buy it again.  Full text...

Putting The Days To Bed is one of those albums where every song takes you hostage and you can't help but fall prey to the Stockholm Syndrome once you're captured.  Full text...

Incredible, inspiring album.  Full text...

John Roderick, front man of The Long Winters, and the rest of his band have crafted a must-have indie-pop album.   Full text...

It's a perfect example of what you need to do to turn heads as a singer/songwriter.  Full text...

Putting the Days to Bed is a solid effort-- a step in a promising new direction.  Full text...

Three albums into its career, The Long Winters has shed members the way snakes shed skin. But the turnover never creeps into the sound of Putting The Days To Bed, an accomplished collection of layered pop songs about, at least in part, the way things change whether we want them to or not.  Full text...

Roderick's mastery of songcraft is nigh on perfection, but he's got a few more boulders to climb to reach the pinnacle.  Full text...

These are good songs, catchy enough to claim a place in your head while grounded by enough passion to put them close to your heart.  Full text...

The signature of the album is not its grandiose nature or its beatific instrumentation. It's not the fantastic mixture of rock elements with the somberness of acoustic guitar and horns. Instead, the signature is the fact that everything makes sense.  Full text...

The band’s new album Putting The Days To Bed features John Roderick (vocals, guitar), Eric Corson (bass), Nabil Ayers (drums), and Jonathan Rothman (keyboard) with the result being a blend of melodic pop.  Full text...

Putting the Days to Bed, Roderick and company's third full-length, isn't an album of "The Commander Thinks Aloud"’s, or even half of one. Instead the Long Winters continue their careful refinement—so it's fortunate they're still getting better.   Full text...

If in the future Roderick puts more brain power behind making his music as adventurous as his lyrics, the Long Winters' albums should only get better and better.  Full text...

The highlights of the album include the first four tracks that are all engaging and excellent, with the fourth song, "Hindsight," rising above the others with some sleek, twangy guitars and slick organ pulses, but it's Roderick's singing that gives it that extra pizzaz.  Full text...