“Monkey House’s Don Breithaupt is one of a very few guys that really get the melodic pop thing: David Foster, Michael Omartian, Randy Goodrum. It’s a very special category.”
“I love Monkey House. Every instinct these guys have is right . . . Friday’s arrangements and performances are first-rate as usual”
“Monkey House is akin to the finest Steely Dan . . . great music, lyrics and playing.”
“What a band… ferocious technicians with a beautiful melodic approach”
“Understated grooves… melodies strong enough for you to imagine Donald Fagen at the mike”
“Smooth but with lots of guts and glory… for every line that makes you smile, there’s a solo or part that tickles your musical brain as well”
“A stunning album, a stone classic… ever-so-clever turnarounds, knuckle-knotting chord progressions and majestic horn charts”
“An exceptional album from beginning to end, with superb songwriting, performance and production… all twelve tracks are strong”
“Friday could be a long-lost Steely Dan album – its that slick and polished… consummately crafted, precision-tooled jazzy arrangements”
“Brilliantly crafted songs… their finest collection to date”
“Lives up to the impossibly high standards set by their 2016 release Left… Don Breithaupt is a brilliant writer with a keen melodic sense… pure audio joy”
“Brilliant… my #1 Top Pick of 2019”
“Twelve little masterpieces for intelligent and passionate music lovers… the ideal Friday night album, or any night, or every night”
“Brings us back to when the FM radio airwaves were ruled by the likes of Steely Dan, Hall & Oats and Boz Scaggs”
“Jazz-tinged blue-eyed soul with a subtle AOR undercurrent… clever, intriguing lyrics and storylines”
