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SLINK MOSS & THE FLYING ACESChcicago Reader
"Lanky, idiosyncratic songwriter-guitarist Moss plays the yodelin' cosmic cowboy on Bones (Rattlesnake), philosophizing over a breezy campfire harmonica on "All Kinds of People," and covering Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" to a flying-saucer-sound-effects obbligato. Unafraid of revealing tenderness (on his straightforward lullaby original, "Rockabye Baby") or vulnerability (on "Where's My Wife"), he even explores the farthest reaches of his dark side on the Cramps-ish "Suicide Rock."Oculus, Hoboken, NJ
"These twelve songs have a refreshing simplicity and admirable eagerness likely to please fans of rural Americana."
—John FortunatoIllinois Entertainer
"Country Rock that's the Real McCoy.""Slink Moss manages to take elements of just about everything that's cool in rock'n'roll (the Velvet Underground, Bubble Gum, early 80s New Wave, the Cramps, Hank Williams) and fuse it into his own brnad of primitive country-garage pop music. Most of these songs are based around acoustic guitar but that doesn't stop them from rockin' with the best best of 'em. Two tunes in particular ("Rome" and "Baby Talkin'") deserve to be in heavy rotation on the radio so thirteen year girls can go ape over Slink and hang his poster on their walls. If anybody wants a lesson on how to craft honest unpretentious pop that sounds just as good the thousandth time as it did the first, they should pick up this CD and study it because it doesn't get much better than this."
—Terminal Brain Rot, NCBlue Suede News
"People interested in 60's Garage Rock as an ongoing tradition should check this out."Tailspins Magazine
"A lot of different sounds coming from these boys.Hmm, what shall we call it? Cowboy spaz 'billy? Mellow campfire sing along? Whatever the case, each song had me smiling wide. The first song, "Bones," is a frantic rhythmic intro to the album complete with harmonica. On the calmer happier "Baby Talkin'" I was thinking they had just listened to some early Niel Diamond, started singing and getting out the tambourines, and clapping along. Harmonica, organ, and heavy bass are in "Suicide Rock (Oh Mama)" where Slink sings "...I'm your boy, WHOA Mama, your pride and joy." Aww sweet! "Ramblin' Man" by Hank Williams Sr. really makes you want to swagger and saddle up your horse and get outta here. Kind of a weird version with various space sounds mixed throughout. After I was done listening (the first time), I had to turn around and play BONES again.How can you not love a creation like this? Hee Haw."Static
"Part Black-clad cool of Johnny Cash, part old-fashioned Rock and Roll of Buddy Holly, and a whole lot of the shameless self promotion of a Las Vegas lounge singer." "Whether it be a hip cover song or a ten minute jam Slink and the Flying Aces have their bases covered."You Could Do Worse
"Slink's voice is sexy and sincere enough to go over with Triple A fans of the Jayhawks and diehard Flat Duo Jet pompadour rockers alike, plus he covers Hank Sr. in timely fashion."New City
"Slink Moss and the Flying Aces - a kind of midway point between the aforementioned power pop, Gene Vincent (they're coming from a rockabilly angle), the Kentucky Headhunters (but with a pronounced country bent) and ? Mark and the Mysterians (the rockin' organ sounds of Bill Maryniak, gentlemen!)"
-James Porter
