"...'Egocentric' opens with an impressive sort-of M-Base like gnarly repeating groove. Carl repeats the line with his left hand as he and Chris interweave their lines with Carl's right hand. What is special about this is the way Carl often splits his hands into different lines, so he can interact with one player as he establishes other intricate subtexts. This often keeps the other musicians on their toes as there are always a few different intersecting lines happening simultaneously. On "Denizen Green", they begin with free and spacious suspense, as Carl works inside the piano, Chris quietly twists his notes inside out, Trevor bows ominously and Dan creates some mysterious tension. They slowly ascend into a mesmerizing groove with some fine mallet work from Dan, as a sublime and immensely dreamy piece unfolds. "Jilly" is an exquisite and haunting piece with Chris playing at his most Jimmy Giuffre-like and Carl playing equally restrained. I dig the way "Chamber Social" has a few different themes happening at the same time, different tempos stacked upon one another. "Subsurface" is superbly laid out piece with some impressive hands-on-drums work, magically harmonic note-popping from Trevor's contrabass, oddly angular, hand-muted piano from Carl and hushed sax from Chris. Carl's strong writing and playing make the most from this entire quartet, whose sound spirited and consistently creative throughout. Excellent work from some of my favorite local heroes."
-Bruce Lee Galanter, Downtown Music Gallery