well, here's our pitchfork review:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44319-bishop-allen-the-broken-string

once again, pitchfork will be pitchfork. they give it a 6/10 without having anything particularly negative to say about the album other than "too much polish" which is a bullshit complaint imo. the last line completely boggles me - give the band some time? after an ep a month in 2006, how much more time do they need?