THESE UNITED STATES press
press photo – team live
photo by Shervin Lainez
press photo – team album
photo by Jen Marigliano
A Picture Of The Three Of Us… hi-res cover
First Sight.mp3
RECENT PRESS
“It is, without being at all overly enthusiastic, one of the best records you will hear this year, and it will make you feel completely human. You’ll feel your fingernails grow. You’ll start to understand what all of your facial muscles do when they’re not smiling or frowning. You’ll taste that blood as it finds all of your many cracks and detours.” DAYTROTTER
“After this albums 3/4 release date, you won’t easily forget either of these gentlemen. Upon first listen, it’s easy to make M. Ward comparisons based on vocal similarities, but TUS — though very much a folk band — touches upon garage-rock and pop far too easily to not overstep such comparisons. The production is spot-on and few albums in recent memory put a candle to the lyricism present here.” KEXP
”[These United States’] songs walk a thin line between the roadhouse and the coffeehouse—sometimes they thump and jangle with a gritty charm, other times they evoke folk…Perhaps hinting at his band’s promising future, Elliott sings: ‘I’m in business and honey don’t you want me now? I’ve got a big, brand-new Cadillac of a plan.’” WASHINGTON POST
“Rolling, garage-folk has never sounded so good. These United States sing a workman’s song in a cubicle world, and pull it off better than most could hope to do. Elegantly plucked and strummed guitar parts match up like puzzle pieces against wisely under-used trumpet bits and a melody that recalls classic blues standards without aping them. Someone call M. Ward and tell him he’s got an opener for his next tour.” YOU AIN’T NO PICASSO
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