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Thoughts from the peanut gallery:

The City Pages (Minneapolis) | February 22, 2010:

“The Turtles put on a brilliant performance Friday. Dressed in dark T-shirts and sitting in a horizontal line across the raised Luce stage, the percussionless fivesome didn’t miss a note — and there were so goddamn many notes to miss. Watching what was really an hour-long speed-plucking session was a true testament to the marvels of human endurance, both physical and mental.”

Denver Post | December 17, 2009:

“The lightning-fast “White Noise,” a song off last year’s “Duluth” album, exhibits the aggressive picking style that led the Onion’s A.V. Club to dub Trampled by Turtles “perhaps the best live band” in Minnesota. But tracks such as “Empire” hew closer to the Avett Brothers’ aching melodies and wall-of-strings aesthetic, while the somber “Methodism in Middle America” could easily pass for a Nirvana cover rendered on a rural back porch.”

Salt Lake City Weekly | December 14, 2009:

“Aside from the ferocious fiddlery and high-intensity strumming, Trampled receives little credit for their way with ballads. Songs like “Empire” or “Trouble” strike a chord of legendary proportions.”

The City Pages (Minneapolis) | October 18, 2008:

“On Duluth, the band runs a thin line among blazing breakdowns as much indebted to the Ramones as Flatt & Scruggs, teary country blues, and brittle folk, all laced with stray shards of jazz and rock.”

Bay Guardian (San Francisco, CA) | August 1, 2007:

“Shooting sparks in the face of folk traditionalism, the quintet approaches the banjo and mandolin with a level of brash recklessness hardly heard since the now-mythical reign of Uncle Tupelo. Bill Monroe and Joe Strummer would both be proud.”

Twangville Music Blog (Washington, DC) | February 18, 2008:

“I was turned onto Trampled by Turtles by a co-worker and I have been hooked since day one. If you love bluegrass of any sort, and especially if you love bluegrass even though you used to be into punk music, you simply must check them out.”

ArtVoice (Buffalo, NY) | January 23, 2009:

“Their most recent release, Duluth, mirrors the raw intensity of their live performances, which are sure to leave audiences simultaneously raising hell and crying in their beers.”

The Onion (Minneapolis) | October 11, 2008:

“They are, simply put, perhaps the best live band in the state.”

Rift Magazine | December 31, 2008:

“After the first four albums touched the beauty of the countryside, Trampled by Turtles have come around to bring it all home with “Duluth” an album of thawing exquisiteness, serene musical greenery and a conglomeration of musical charm built from all that Minnesota offers.”

The Leader (Milwaukee, WI) | November 13, 2008:

“TBT is a group of shit kickers who deliver a phenomenal live product to growing audiences every time they collectively step on stage.”

The City Pages (Minneapolis) | February 14, 2007:

“Simonett is the most compelling frontman Duluth has produced in years. His flow has a shit-kicking quality no folkie can assume, a frank way of phrasing that makes his melodies a blunt instrument amid impressionist strumming.” –The City Pages (Minneapolis)