<blockquote>Playing a batch of mostly new songs that will be released in spring, the Nocturnals book-ended their set with more established numbers from their ever expanding repertoire. Familiarity shook hands with jaw dropping awesomeness as the straight-ahead blues-rock of “Joey” and “Ah Mary” was caught off guard by the heady, faux-funk grooves of “Watching You” and “Medicine.”

Nocturnals’ music is at times decidedly raunchy, and desperately literate. The sheer energy of the group, discarding the sight-for-sore-eyes good looks of Potter and bassist Catherine Popper, stops people in their tracks.

Their material, particularly the newer cuts, was received so well that many were left wondering, ironically, what classic rock covers they were playing. The melodies stick in the listener’s mind like honey, begging to be AM-radio staples of the murky 1970s.</blockquote>

via "<a href="http://uwmpost.com/article/54/15/5237-A-sight-for-sore-eyes">A Sight For Sore Eyes</a>" by Graham Marlowe of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (ed. note: spot the missing oxford comma)

