"Brooklyn art-punks Lycaon Pictus once would've fit just fine on Ralph Records, though how their deranged dirges creepy-crawl though post-nuclear slime owes as much to Pere Ubu as to Tuxedomoon.
Chuck Eddy, Village Voice
"Aaron Diskin used to play with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' kinetic, stinging guitarist Nick Zinner, but Mr. Diskin's music for the synthesizer-bass-drum trio Lycaon Pictus is darker, recalling the apocalypse imagined by forerunners like Pere Ubu."
Laura Sinagra, New York Times
"Without succumbing to comparisons (The Residents, Yello, Aaron Diskin) it is crucial that Brooklyn's Lycaon Pictus must be looked upon from within/out the context of the current musical landscape; Only in this sense will any accurate conclusions be drawn of Lycaon Mortis and Lycaon Diskis' queer and dramatic work. Pointless indeed to refer to pre-existing cultural blueprints for experimental and intensely personal work (Brian Wilson, Nico, The Last Days), yet Lycaon Pictus contribute an equally unusual perspective, one of man as wild thing, as untamed article, as beautiful and natural in the primitive yet elegant unexamined life¹. Human drums pound out smoke signals, effulgent bass chords are plucked and sneering political invectives are bandied about with conviction and élan. Lycaon Pictus are not The Strokes, they are not Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. They are, however, the arrow of pride and success. Vive la pictus!"
Joshua Gabriel, The Big Takeover
"Dare to step outside of the monotony of your everyday music collection. The imaginative basement sounds on this full-length release from Lycaon Pictus are a journey through dark free-form harmonies, gritty synth drones and thought provoking humor about the everyday workingman's grind through existence. Heavily favoring the keyboard throughout, this three-piece dwells at the depths of emotions musically, before transitioning into bass guitars and beat box rhythms at a moments notice. All the while, these guys have created a conceptual soundscape that keeps you in for the finale."
J.C. Carnahan, Impact Press
