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The Irish Examiner, December 11, 2003, Pat Ahern

“... The basic stock is traditional but there is a clear determination to seek out new angles. Experimentation is vitally important in every branch of music. Traditional music does it on a micro scale. It sees change as a continuous process where progress is measured in barely perceptible increments, rather than in bold quantum leaps. The Neffs challenge that attitude. Experimentation carries responsibilities; the Neffs show an awareness of this.

.....  The Neffs bring an internal, more subversive approach. They slice the tune apart and reconstruct it in unexpected, and occasionally inspired, ways. Despite the title, Flaithrí and Eoghan step from each other's shadow to produce perhaps the two best tracks on the album, Clockworx and Róisín san Ind.

.....  The Neffs may not be the first to use samples in traditional music, but they have certainly done it with most imagination. They have used recent advances in music technology to create a broad and deep soundscape for thernselves, but have not allowed it to overshadow the music itself.

..... if you're looking for what's happening at the innovative edge of the traditional music continuum, look no further.”