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"The songs dissipate like cotton candy in the mouth. Their best tracks feel light as daydreams. There’s a cool balance between Mangle’s fragile voice, intricate guitar phrasings, the heavy-as-molasses thick-as-mahogany bass and all the detailed drum work. It takes a good deal of chemistry to make music like this." - Their Bated Breath, David D Robbins JR.
"Out on Town is a debut record – 10 songs, a few stumbles, but moments of brilliance that make bloggers and critics giddy – and it’s already one of my favorite local releases of the year. The folk scene here is producing some high quality acts. So is the noise scene, but Cousins is the only band I’ve stumbled on that combines the two. Aggressive, truncated strums and distorted notes give the songs life, but the melancholic, brooding pace and Mangle’s falsetto give the songs a warming glow. He manages to sound unique and interesting, but completely accessible at the exact same time." - Hero Hill
"After seeing Cousins at a recent show at the Khyber, it's evident that volume is no longer a problem. During the powerful live show, the delicate songs on Out On Town are swathed in fuzz, creating possibly the prettiest wall of noise. Cousins masterfully blends a jangly and playful live show with dreamy, folk-influenced songs." - Stephanie Johns, The Coast
"A quintessential Halifax low-fi gem---as depressing as uplifting, with sounds as melodic as a clear summer's day and as distorted and creeping like a fog bank." —ML, The Coast
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