The DeSotos - The DeSotos - Cross Your Heart
16 Sep 2008 // review by narleykiwi
Graham Reid (NZ Herald Time Out) Named after the classic car (and not presumably the explorer) this Auckland-based outfit peel off a substantial slice of professionally delivered, wide-screen country-rock which owes much to the Petty/Springsteen/Neil Young and Travelling Wilburys axis, and mostly kicks things up a notch from the Warratahs. With a couple of writers in their ranks there is also a pleasing diversity here, although sometimes they reference their influences just a little too much for any accusations of originality to be thrown.
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The DeSotos - Steve Scott - Waikato Times (House and Lifestyle, August 2008)
16 Sep 2008 // review by narleykiwi
Every once in a while, an album arrives and instantly commands your attention. Auckland band, The DeSotos is such a band.
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