With their fourth release
PFR have attained the maturity level and creative peak for which modern pop/rock bands should strive. The more aggressive approach toward their trademark pop style sets this recording (and segments of their previous
Great Lengths) apart from earlier albums. While the
Beatles influence is accredited to bands all too often, the similarities between this Minneapolis trio and the four from Liverpool are anything but subtle. Vocalist Joel Hanson owes a nod or two to
Glenn Tilbrook as well. Songs like "Pour Me Out," "Anything," "Line of Love," and "Kingdom Smile" offer an alternative to much of the doom, gloom, and anger expressed by many cutting edge acts. With the exception of the sappy closer "Garden,"
Them is solid throughout. ~ Dave Sleger