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Jul 8, 2011Though the music is breezy, Kenny's sage, unfussy meditations on life and love add welcome weight.
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Jun 30, 2011Patient, generous, and smart, the song proves that while Kenny does well to maintain the Wooden Birds' solitary core, he does well to expand it occasionally, too.
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Alternative PressJun 17, 2011[Andrew Kenny] The Austin native has never sounded so loose and assured as he does on Matchsticks. [Jul 2011, p.112]
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Jun 16, 2011The music remains well within Kenny's comfort zone, but it's evolved beyond a one-man show.
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Jun 16, 2011The sophomore effort's growth lies in its outlook, which still churns restlessly under his melodic pull, with an older, more reflective tone defined at the outset on openers "Folly Cub" and "Two Matchsticks" and bleeding through the weariness of "Company Time."
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Jun 10, 2011Unlike Magnolia, which sounded like a band trying on a style for size, Two Matchsticks is a perfectly tailored record that works as an extension of American Analog Set, but will also please any fan of thoughtful, simple acoustic-ish pop.
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Jun 10, 2011Two Matchsticks evokes the Everly Brothers' sibling intimacy, but Kenny's lonely campfire songs cling to a limited number of minor keys, similar tempos, and virtually identical arrangements.
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Jun 10, 2011Two Matchsticks marks and forges a charm of its own.
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Jun 10, 2011I'm not sure what fans of the American Analog Set are going to think about Kenny's move into country and folk territory, but Two Matchsticks, which is its own form of slow-core, is a quiet, lilting little album that is strong enough, full of a warm gauze of soft ballads, to tide over fans for the time being.
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Under The RadarJun 10, 2011There's a sharp, crisp quality to most of these songs, Kenny keeps them short with a simple, often elegant presentation. [May 2011, p.82]