Rating: - DC Music At Its best
If you happen to stumble upon this recording or this review, buy this CD. As a teenager growing up on music by the Jam, Clash, Buzzcocks, or even Scream, Replacements and Fugazi, I was spoiled by quality musicians playing intelligent music. I am happy to say that this now defunct band was as good as any of those. Set You Free is lush, diverse and fulfilling, and it is one of only a handful of records that doesn't contain a disappointing track.

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Rating: - Super!
This is a great record. I've spent many an hour listening to this LP: I put on side A, love it, flip it over, it goes on and on and I have to flip it again. Back and forth. I bought it when it came out, and I must have listened to it twenty times the first week I had it. I put it on again just today, and I must say, it still rocks. On this record you will find, much to your delight, tightly moving three-piece rock instrument arrangments; great vocals, both solo and harmonized; some mid ... Read More

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Rating: - the other reviews are not for this album??!
this is a great record. i don't know what the first two are reviewing, but it is obviously the antithesis of chisel.

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Rating: - This disc is at my side at all times.
Though the disc is sub-titled "The Home Recordings," there isn't a lack of quality in production. From the beautiful opening ballad "Latter Days" OTR's Karen Bergquist weaves a golden tapestry of honey-like songs that will leave you dripping with emotion undoubtedly tug at your heartstrings. The disc focuses its attention on human brokenness and our need for "everything" as alluded to in the second track "All I Need Is Everything." Though all the tracks are noteworthy "Latter Days," "All I Need ... Read More

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Rating: - Crafting music Over the Rhine-style
Here is yet another remarkable recording by one of the most intelligent bands making music today. The spare lyrics quietly fit the music; neither is sacrificed to the other. Lead singer Karin Bergquist's voice is luminous, allowing the poetry of such songs as "Latter Days," "All I Need Is Everything," and "Poughkeepsie" to root in the listener's ear like an ohrworm, finding a snug home there. Those who appreciate music which is not afraid to doubt, to investigate what it is that makes us human, will ... Read More