Source photos by Bill Reader
“ … enchanting mix of the rural and the astral … “Where I’ve Been Is Places and What I’ve Seen Is Things” is a perfect example of Evening Fires’ bucolic kosmische and a great place to start for the Evening Fires neophyte … Magisterial and magical … ”—Optical Sounds
“ … they produce music that covers the full gamut of ‘psychedelia’ from slow burning rural grooves to some all out badass freakouts, and not missing much of what lies between. Alchemists indeed and like alchemists, they try to produce pure gold from base elements, but unlike Nicholas Flamel, John Dee and Fulcanelli et al they succeed and have produced an golden album of beauty, atmosphere and texture.”—Dayz of Purple and Orange
“Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if a bunch of Pennsylvanian backwoodsmen stumbled across an abandoned truck in the woods full of modern musical equipment plus several months’ supply of mescaline and proceeded to get their freak on? … a beautifully absorbing record … “—Thee Psychedelicatessen
“ … there is a heart-aching sense of “yearning” and “connection” underpinning the emotive bedrock of this album, its subtleties engender soaring optimism and spiritual enrichment … Evening Fires have produced an album that is intrinsically visceral, it transcends its affinity with the genius loci of its inception, heralding its universal message seamlessly.”—Chromaticism