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SNEAKY THIEVES
The Sneaky Thieves bear an eeriness which beckons curiosity and spins an overwhelming compulsion toward repeated consideration and interpretation. They juxtapose many sounds, flashing from abrasive and clashing to mellow and heartfelt. Influenced by many of life's pretty things, they construct music incidentally and without undue stress. Their debut release, accident(s), was recorded after a car wreck settlement came years too late to do any real good. Many hours were spent and the end result was something unsettling, moody, and strange. This record is the essence of those sad, peculiar moments of a life disjointed - trying to sonically replicate the "bellyache" in the middle of the night. Praise for accident(s) "Obviously talented and thoughtful, Sneaky Thieves have put together a debut showcasing an uncanny knack for understanding the importance of dynamics.." -Tiny Mix Tapes "...they stole my appreciation for everything folk, smashed it into a thousand pieces, and rebuilt it into a super-intelligent robot that has the ability to conquer the universe with a glance." -Hanna Dillon WIUX, Bloomington "A thoughtful and minimalist epic indie charmer" -Treblezine "Think of the feeling you get when alone and awake late at night you start to ponder the inevitability of your own death and your helplessness to stop it. The fear. The chill. Moments on this album capture that feeling perfectly, especially with headphones. In fact, the Sneaky Thieves are extremely gifted at capturing and even more so at creating moods and emotion." -Spacelab "To say the least, there's some pretty heavy stuff going on here." -Liepaper "Great Depression" -Mish Mash "The mood parameters of accident(s) are so strict that the listener has little choice but to dig in with singer Freddy Bale and his friends as they carve out their little trenches of despair" -Silent Uproar "To say the bold & complex lyrical content is a hugely sinister & cinematic experience would be a huge understatement. Fans of Radiohead take note, this is surely one of the records of the year, just turn off the lights and enjoy" -75 or Less "Sneaky Thieves slide from a Jeremy Enigk melancholy to a Jeff Buckley grace, sometimes with a Sparklehorse inventiveness, and still manage to keep a grasp on a consistent theme through to the end." -The Big Takeover "The songs pull the listener in with very personal lyrics, interesting song arrangements, atmospheric ambiance and pure emotion in singer Freddy Bales voice." -Lisa Wood, KEXP "Much like a rousing, fist-pumping punk album usually sets the tone with a lead track that grabs you by the throat and shakes you, the Sneaky Thieves bypass the throat and aim for your heart." -Two Way Monologues "They prove that sometimes feeling bad feels good, and when you're driving in the rain and need an extra excuse to further nudge along that onset of seasonal depression, keep this band in mind, for they'll be just the key." -Redefine "The Sneaky Thieves brilliantly use these sparse landscapes, adding to them with a wonderful pallet of musical colors. Unlike many of their indie contemporaries, this band does not keep the listener at a distance" -Sound the Sirens Foxy Digitalis #1 Best Album Artwork of 2006 (self-released version) - "What is there to say about this? It's bright, it's beautiful. I could get all art critic about it, but that would just ruin it for you." "The Sneaky Thieves' epic soundscape takes bits of weirdo-folk and wraps it in an outer-space tapestry of sound." -The Statesman Journal "Thom Yorke is jealously cursing Sneaky Thieves. Accident(s) does exactly as Yorke wishes he could..." -Anti Music "...the pensive, folk pop presented here is lacking neither intelligence nor grace." -Salem Monthly "Regret, loss, obviously bad drugs and nightmares are the meat for the this band, and they manage to deliver some genuine sad-sack existential thrills." -Music Emissions accident(s) was also reviewed by: Pop Matters All Music Guide CMJ New Music Monthly Performer Magazine Music Critic The Wig Fits All Heads Hybrid Magazine Lucid Forge Ink 19 FensePost Reviews
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