★★★★★
On the evidence of their second album, sibling trio The Band Perry are held together by both blood and bluster. Unlike their country peers who trade on finely turned lyricism, the Perrys embrace old-fashioned rocking out, and relish sinking their teeth into meaty hooks. Thanks to Kimberly Perry's lusty, belting voice, they're at their best when they whip up an emotional storm she can lose herself in. On Pioneer's finest moments, she plays the wronged woman with ferocity...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-06-14
★★★★★
For all Bob Harris' tireless work, country music is still relatively small fry on these isles, especially for the more commercial arm that is so successful across the pond. Falling into this category are The Band Perry who follow up their self-titled smash US debut album in a mostly similar vein. The Perry siblings - yes, they're actually related - follow an almost identical formula to Lady Antebellum: Kimberly sings, Reid's on bass, and Neil bangs the drums, but despite multiple award...
- music.thedigitalfix.com
2013-06-04
★★★★★
Do you realize it's been nearly three years since The Band Perry hit the big time with breakout crossover single "If I Die Young"? The group's self-titled debut appeared late in 2010, producing three subsequent hit singles. That stretch of time feels like an eternity in the lightning-fast world of entertainment, but with the release of the group's sophomore album, Pioneer, it's clear it was time well spent...
- www.countryweekly.com
2013-04-08
★★★★★
"Pioneer"
(Republic Nashville)
Thoughts of death have been good to the Band Perry, the three Perry siblings: Kimberly (vocals), Reid (on bass) and Neil (on mandolin). In "Better Dig Two," the banjo-centered single that opens its second album, "Pioneer," and has already sold a million copies, Ms...
- www.nytimes.com
2013-04-04
★★★★★
"Pioneer"
(Republic Nashville)
Thoughts of death have been good to the Band Perry, the three Perry siblings: Kimberly (vocals), Reid (on bass) and Neil (on mandolin). In "Better Dig Two," the banjo-centered single that opens its second album, "Pioneer," and has already sold a million copies, Ms...
- www.nytimes.com
2013-05-18
★★★★★
When new artists break-out with fantastically successful debut albums like The Band Perry did with The Band Perry, it can often and is often hard to follow-up such a big success of an album. So it's with great anticipation that I took to listening to Pioneer to see if the Republic Nashville family trio could come up with something that was as rootsy contemporary (oxymoronic saying?) as The Band Perry was...
- www.roughstock.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Currently wowing the country charts in their native USA, 's eponymous debut album offers 11 highly polished songs. Fronted by the strident, assertive vocals of Kimberly Perry, they proffer bright and breezy fare that's the usual lyrical recipe of meetin' 'n' cheatin', percolated throughout with fizzy bubbles of crossover pop. With Kimberly still shy of 30, she's nevertheless the oldest in this family troupe that's been working the stateside country circuit since 2005...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
The first time I heard The Band Perry there was something fun and youthful about the trio of Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry. Kimberly's vocal on "Hip To My Heart," their Top 25 hit debut single, is infectious and while it is definitely a polarizing track that leans heavily on the pop side of the fence, The rest of the trio's EP (which is a preview of their album) doesn't feel anything like "Hip," outside of the family harmony and acoustic instrumentation...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
The Band Perry, a sibling musical trio composed of Kimberly Perry and her brothers Reid and Neil, is an interesting study in contrast. Just with the first two singles, the newcomers offered a lightweight, ebullient number in "Hip to My Heart" and a sad, weighty ballad, "If I Die Young." And most impressively, both songs manage to fit in well on their surprisingly diverse debut album...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
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