Spin (p.108) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Back Before We Were Brittle' feels gorgeous and grown-up..." Alternative Press (p.141) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he band employ bouncy, Cure-style bass lines on 'Toil And Trouble' and 'Apples For The Innocent'..." CMJ - "[The tracks] flow seamlessly into one another, almost as if it's just another journey for the adventurous singer, who also single-handedly performs the guitar, bass, synthesizer and drum machines." Disc 1 1. Northwestern Girls 2. Shakes Her Shoulders 3. Toil and Trouble 4. Back Before We Were Brittle 5. Oboes Bleat and Triangle Tink 6. Magic Beans and Truth Machines 7. Bluetime 8. Spiders 9. Zero to Love 10. Apples for the Innocent Gender: unisex.