For an album with such a diverse sound palette, it spends too much time in one mode-- sincere, mid-tempo grandeur-- to be more than another solid, perfectly listenable album from a band that's going to do something truly terrific if its substance catches up with its refined style.  Full text...

Dark Light Daybreak proves that LeMaster is more than just a multi-instrumentalist with a side project. Instead, he's a singer / songwriter in his own right who happens to lend a hand to his friends when they need him.  Full text...

On Dark Light Daybreak, the group seems to have settled into their sound, but still sees fit to experiment. At first listen, the instrumentation doesn’t sound too different: besides the addition of Summerbirds in the Cellar’s Brad Register and Curtis Brown, there isn’t too much playing around with the jangly mix of My Bloody Valentine, the Cure, and R.E.M. found on Fall Back Open.  Full text...

The overall feel of Dark Light Daybreak is way too close to the pop/soft rock that you’d hear on your parents’ radio station. The songs have decent melodies and they rock out enough (but not too much), so therefore they lose my interest, like Coldplay.  Full text...

Dark Light Daybreak reaches for territory that LeMaster simply is not ready for, and which is unsuited for the songwriting strength he possesses.  Full text...