"[Simone White] gets innovative on her impressive third album. ...built around electronic textures and sparse percussion, with White's gently yielding, half-spoken vocals pitched, pleasingly, equidistant between Laurie Anderson and Joni Mitchell. It's not all Spartan fare; the title track, an ostensibly folky duet with Andrew Bird, surfs a hum of woozy electronics and makes room for Steve Reich-like interleaved string pizzicatos and heavily treated drums, while Big Dreams And The Headlines summons a sudden, soaring chorus from the pervading spell-like quietude." Four star review, MOJO, July 2012
"White's voice is a delicate instrument, more traditional-sounding than Joanna Newsom's but with a similar ability to interpret lyrics with deceptive and revealing ease. The arrangements she favors on record are of the organic, earthy variety, like vintage Lanois..." LA WEEKLY
"an uncanny figure in person, her whispered songs enchanting..."
The Village Voice
"For those bewitched by the posthumous small-hours voice of Karen Dalton, here is a living echo of that still, small, intensely concentrated spirit. ...an intimate prettiness concealing within the rosebud the thorns of subtly articulated political protest and the warped, eerie gaze on human weakness that has been The Velvet Underground's legacy to the modern folk idiom. I Am The Man is a summer soundtrack of charm and beguiling depths."
Four Star Review **** MOJO
"Judging by this collection of country-tinged songs [Yakiimo], Simone White is a dreamy, sensitive soul. Singing in a distracted, unforced way with a voice that lends itself to the reflection of melancholy, her tales of the everyday strangeness of American life are reminiscent of a short story by Carson McCullers or Flannery O'Connor." Four Star Review **** MOJO
"The songs drift dreamily between bittersweet romance, whimsy and the political while White's breathy, restful tones and Mark Nevers's muted production give everything a balmy unified feel of the rarest kind."
Four Star Review **** Q Magazine
"The Beep Beep Song" is brilliant whimsy...White sings something like Astrud Gilberto... The languor conceals a sharp, politicized observer of the American wasteland, and White's songs counter The Man's depredations with becalmed cool." No Depression
"Coming out of seemingly nowhere, is Simone White, with a chameleon of a voice that changes shades and colors so naturally as to send you scratching the back of your mind trying to figure out where to place it." LUNAPARK6
"Simone White's indie-folk quasi-protest song, "American War," is witty, provocative, and effective without being angry or disillusioned."
Billboard
"A late-night melancholy gem." Bucketfull of Brains
"Simone White's debut album is a delightful treat. The moment that "America In '54" comes on your stereo, you'll think that Joni Mitchell has been reincarnated...Sincere is the perfect word for this consistent first release. Appropriate for any season, this will appeal to fans of classic singer/songwriters, and also modern female artists such as Cat Power." liepaper.com
"sensitive, strangely soulful, bizarre..." Boog City
