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Oh! Mighty Engine returns to the land of sublime bedroom pop, all acoustic-based and velvet-vocaled, sincere but never strained, pretty and bittersweet.
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Commercial considerations aside, this is a finely crafted and lovingly realised album that Halstead should be proud of, and which deserves to finds its way into more homes than the usual coterie of 4AD fans.
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Q MagazineIt's intimate, folkie, more Anglo than Mojave 3, not at all Slowdivey. [Dec 2008, p.108]
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This album isn't going to win Halstead too much favor critically or commercially, but anyone who holds songcraft, emotional restraint, and melodic grace in high regard should give the peaceful and sincere Oh! Mighty Engine a chance.
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Under The RadarOh! ighty engine offers a few silver linings throughout the acoustic bedroom proceedings. [Fall 2008, p.81]
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Despite the playful mandolin and nods to Morten Harket, the snoozy melodies weigh down his homespun wisdom, and this little engine runs out of steam.
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UncutOh! Mighty Engine is typically whimsical, low key and surprisingly touching (when you can make out what he is singing). [Oct 2008, p.90]
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Oh! Mighty Engine is endlessly pleasant but oddly faceless, a record strangely free of feeling.
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Sounding, for the most part, like a Stars In Their Eyes version of Cat Stevens, the album lacks variety, imagination and charisma.