"If ProTools is afflicting musicians with laziness, Corey Duncan has avoided the epidemic. Rather than build his new project out of synthetic instruments and sound loops, the former Pattern is Movement guitarist has spent the last year and a half amassing a small orchestra to record and perform in Oh! Pears. The dozen-strong ensemble includes strings, woodwinds, backing singers and a guitar trio (and possibly a page-turner). Their resulting sound could easily be labeled as early PIM as played symphonically, and while there's certainly nothing wrong with that, we're hearing a richness and texture that's exciting in its own right." -John Vettese, Philadelphia City Paper

From Stereogum: "Think the weariness of a bedroom troubadour, a folkie with mild classical tendencies ... It's really great stuff"

From I Guess I'm Floating: "Demonstrates a unique type of beauty that needs to be absorbed ...The vocal harmonies are vastly layered, and even come across as almost psalmic as if sung by a church choir. They might, just might, even give you chills..."

Formerly of Cordalene, The Mural and the Mint is Mike Kiley's newish band that "dwells on ticklish piano and Kiley’s pretty, near-acrobatic singing, with sharp lyrics that flit from love and fatherhood to gritty city streets." -Doug Wallen, Philadelphia Weekly