American Music Club The Golden Age

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The album has] an even-tempered groove, with acoustic fingerpicking fading into discordant electric guitar and then back into beats that sashay like ballroom waltzes."
"[A] lush collection that ranks among their best. Singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel reconfirms both his offbeat sense of humor...and his soulful vocals..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "THE GOLDEN AGE is the real thing. These songs catch Eitzel in uplifting mood, aided considerably by Dave Trumfio's production."
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "What it does have is songwriting, setting the stage with 'All My Love,' a downtrodden pledge of devotion that wears its mood like Leonard Cohen in the rain."
"The music is warm and organic, with somber acoustic guitars and piano, and earthy accents from electric guitars building into the occasional squall."
3 stars out of 5 -- "Pick of the bunch...is 'The Windows Of The World,' a beautifully executed 9/11 lament that builds to a mighty white-noise climax."
3 stars out of 5 -- "'The Victory Choir' conflates sardonic country rock with sparkling Beach Boys polyphony."
Paste (magazine) (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he results are typically vibrant, if only because this allows Eitzel's deft songcraft to remain front and center."
The Word (magazine) (p.98) - "'All My Love' and 'Sleeping Beauty' wrap the world in an unsettlingly seductive narcotic embrace....No one else tackles life's seedy realities with such style and charm."