PRESS
Songs burst and thrust with the efficient verve of a well-tempered garage band, but not at the expense of North Elementary’s outer-orbit heights
Free-Times (Interview)
Immediate and at times dreamy, it's an enticing mix of carnival atmosphere, dangerous curves, new colors, and indie rock with pop aesthetics thrown about
Star News (Interview)
North Elementary coupled their bright-and-sunny fuzz-rock, tightened over the course of five LPs
Indyweek Show Review
North Elementary often sounds like a big and ballsy hard rock band trying to sound like pop geniuses, or maybe pop geniuses trying to sound like a big and ballsy hard rock band; either way, the result is magical
Douglas Cowie Blog
On album, they’re prone toward creamy textures and choreographed sonic bliss, a dot along a curve that bends from New Order to the Church to Sparklehorse. But on stage the submerged bar band emerges and North Elementary pushes its hook-lined pep toward college rock or power pop efficiency
Indyweek
Two parts rock, one part pop and half parts country and electronic filtered through fuzz and North Elementary blends all of these elements expertly.
Triangle Music
The band uniquely combines crunchy, distorted guitar riffs with infectous synth lines for a very interesting sound once you throw lead singer and songwriter John Harrison's gritty voice into the mix.
Bottom String Blog
Free-Times (Interview)
Immediate and at times dreamy, it's an enticing mix of carnival atmosphere, dangerous curves, new colors, and indie rock with pop aesthetics thrown about
Star News (Interview)
North Elementary coupled their bright-and-sunny fuzz-rock, tightened over the course of five LPs
Indyweek Show Review
North Elementary often sounds like a big and ballsy hard rock band trying to sound like pop geniuses, or maybe pop geniuses trying to sound like a big and ballsy hard rock band; either way, the result is magical
Douglas Cowie Blog
On album, they’re prone toward creamy textures and choreographed sonic bliss, a dot along a curve that bends from New Order to the Church to Sparklehorse. But on stage the submerged bar band emerges and North Elementary pushes its hook-lined pep toward college rock or power pop efficiency
Indyweek
Two parts rock, one part pop and half parts country and electronic filtered through fuzz and North Elementary blends all of these elements expertly.
Triangle Music
The band uniquely combines crunchy, distorted guitar riffs with infectous synth lines for a very interesting sound once you throw lead singer and songwriter John Harrison's gritty voice into the mix.
Bottom String Blog