The Pantones

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If longing and autumn and regret and redemption had a voice to sing with it would sound like the Pantones. A genuinely midwestern band with humble songs and stories told with the help of a rock band that contains trumpet, piano, glockenspiel, pedal steel and one of the finest rhythm sections around. Americana.indie.pop for the new breed and the old seed.



THE PANTONES: Sleepless Nights, Silent MorningsThe Pantones are the self-professed leaders of a movement they've coined americana.indie.pop.



MATTHEW CARLSON AND THE PANTONES: Memory Is AllThe nation's leading arbitors of Americana.indie.pop



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"The songs are consistently good and in a fairer world THE PANTONES would get their day in the national press and their tunes into people's car stereos." - Whisperin' & Hollerin UK



" a great hidden gem of a record that deserves to be heard by more people." - Richard Hughes, CD Times



"Think Sloan swapping exuberant Beatles for late-period Byrds, music that seems joyous in summer and longing in the winter." - Josh Stiechmann, The Current



"But most of all, it's the reinvented, polished-without- being-slick Pantones band sound that makes "Sleepless" the breakout CD for Carlson, and - for all the right reasons - is likely to deliver his songs to a much broader audience. - Chris Rietz, Lansing State Journal



"This is music that may just bring comfort during those sleepless nights and add empathetic sound to otherwise silent mornings." - Indie-Music.com



"Fans of the likes of Old 97s and The Vigilantes of Love will find plenty here to enjoy" - Americana UK



"It's all about sonic color, and the Pantones' sound is an eerily perfect match with Carlson's plaintive vocals: thick, understated, lending real emotional weight that the usual voice-and-strummed-guitar formula couldn't deliver." - LSJ



"Do yourself a favor and check out this band you've likely never heard of." - Glorious Noise



"The Pantones have crafted an album flooded with warmth . . . and achieves a sound not unlike that of indie faves such as Wilco and Red House Painters." - The State News



". . . nearly flawless, pretty without being boring." - Pop Matters



"A staggering debut." - All Music Guide



"If you are into anything from Ben Folds Five to The Palace Brothers, you may want to include this in your heavy rotation. " - Geek America



"Presents a nice stripped down Neil Young "Comes A Time" feel." - Amplifier Magazine



"A pleasing disc, best played under open skies." - Splendid Magazine



"Neo-pseudo country that makes me want a pony." - Hybrid Magazine