★★★★★
David Myles's songs have always reflected a perfect world, one in which high school crushes blossom into lifetimes of happiness, where just saying the right words makes all your dreams come true and where the blues do not exist. Should he be completely dismissed for this? Of course not. His popularity, particularly in the Maritimes, proves he has an audience that's charmed by his completely non-threatening approach...
- exclaim.ca
2013-10-30
★★★★★
East coast favourite Myles is both prolific and adventurous. Released just five months ago, his Live at the Carleton disc looked back on his folk-rooted catalogue. With Into the Sun, he ventures further afield, drawing heavily from world music. In the liner notes, he credits the likes of Jorge Ben, Paul Simon and Thomas Mapfumo with inspiring this project. The influence of Simon is definitely audible on "Don't Look Back" and "Run," with a nod to Ben on the sweet "Nina...
- exclaim.ca
2011-10-27
★★★★★
David Myles has been a respected singer/songwriter for years, so Turn Time Off isn't some odd, out-of-nowhere surprise. That said, the Joel Plaskett-produced album, Myles' fourth, is really something. This one's impossibly, effortlessly smooth. From halfway through its opener, the soft, poppy Out of Love, this thing has you...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02