Alternative Press (p.137) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This is instrumental hard rock that spares the listener Pelican-esque tedium, instead offering all the technical brilliance of Rush or Coheed..." Kerrang (Magazine) (p.54) - "CARVING DESERT CANYONS is every bit as elemental and forceful as it sets out to be, with its creators deliberately pitching themselves somewhere between prog rock and the more leftfield end of the '90s post-hardcore spectrum." Gender: unisex.