Portico

"First Neighbours is a stunner from the first note…Portico have made the first perfect album of 2009." - FFWD Magazine



"Utterly individual. Many cds cross this reviewer’s path, few are as immediate or life affirming. This is their time." - 9 out of 10, Americana UK review of First Neighbours



"This release is a rock solid recording of a band that just has it. The songs are big and modest at the same time, and the vocals and lyrics are engaging and mysterious. This album has everything I love about top shelf independent music." - Zunior.com



"Some music seems to come from nowhere and everywhere at the same time, rooted no place in particular but stretching its tendrils in all directions. Such is the case with Vancouver’s Portico." - The Georgia Straight