The Avett Brothers I and Love and You

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "I AND LOVE AND YOU is packed with complex, piano-based beauties."
"The have always evoked the Band's MUSIC FROM BIG PINK, but this album's epic sweep and dramatic lyrical imagery enlarges that influence to the scale of arena-rock sing-alongs."
Ranked #33 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2009" -- "I AND LOVE AND YOU is a sublime, down-yonder sing-along in a minor key."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[The production] has proved transformative, turning a rambunctious bluegrass-inflected group into something more dramatic."
Billboard (p.84) - "[T]he song 'Heart Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise' is a swelling epic with a title to match..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]early every song comes steeped in acoustic piano while the vocals are pitched to eke out every last chunk of substance from well-honed lyrics..."
Paste (magazine) (p.52) - "The Avett Brothers are experts in mining the heart and soul of the modern American man....They've constructed something beautiful..."