press:
"Cities have a bone to pick with those hipster highbrows focusing their attention across the pond. The band's self-titled Yep Roc debut slices through Brit-influenced post-punk with mid-90's, layered guitar rock, and the organic, indie aesthetic. Produced by Brian Paulson (Beck, Superchunk, Wilco, Rosebuds)" -Pitchforkmedia.com
"Call me 'patriotic' (or pat for short) but when I get a record in the mail like the one by this new band Cities, it does my American heart proud if you dig epic sounds youd best check them out."-Jane
"Spindly, doomy disco from Chapel Hill foursome about either some femme fatale or Washington, DC" -Blender
"These Cities boys are Americas next great rock hope."-The Big Takeover
"North Carolinas Cities, supporting their new Yep Roc disc, play tight, dramatic indie rock fueled by a singer whos surprisingly comfy in the falsetto range." -Time Out New York
"The songs on Cities are not all down-tempo, but there is a haunting aspect to Cities musicwhich is what solidifies this record as very much a part of the recovery of American indie rock." -Amazon.com
"it well and truly rocks" -Amplifier
"The discs best songs bristle with pent-up tension, shimmering verses careening toward elegiac choruses that then wash blissfully over the listener." -Independent Weekly (Raleigh/Durham/CH)
"Cities reveal a well-written complex rock record, which comes together effortlessly." -Risen
"Sup's newest band crush is Cities, four fresh-faced young hoodlums from Chapel Hill, NC, who churn out gloom-rock ditties that'll make your heart melt into a sticky pile of goo at the bottom of your chest cavity." -Sup
"Cities is to Chapel Hill what We Are Scientists are to New York: A band people would assume is from England if no bio was within eyeshot. Such is the case when a post-Interpol band follows in the dance-rock footsteps of Franz Ferdinand and bears a slight resemblance to current "it" band The Editors. Producer Brian Paulson has coaxed from the band songs that have just enough of their own identity to ward off copycat claims." -Coolfer.com
"So Cities. I like this record. I've listened to it a number of times this weekend and it's pretty good. But it reminds me of my reactionto Wolfmother after seeing them and listening to them a few times. It's good and fun and all...refreshingly not like everything else outthere..." -Centralvillage.blogs.com
"Cities first album shows signs of greatness" -Daily Tarheel (UNC-Chapel Hill)
