- Record Label: Fire Records
- Release Date: Jul 23, 2013
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Jul 19, 2013What does make sense is songs that can be related to the world over, not just in Williamsburg, and the songs on Any Port In A Storm fall very much into this category. A brilliant record.
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Jul 19, 2013While Any Port In A Storm is unlikely to make a superstar out of Dermody, it definitely feels like the arrival of a new cult hero.
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Jul 18, 2013Wonderfully, it’s somehow nostalgic and current at the same time.
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Under The RadarAug 28, 2013An intoxicating mixture of sun-kissed melodies, fuzzy bass and gangling '90s guitar. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.102]
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Aug 14, 2013Scott & Charlene's Wedding sound grounded--but not gridlocked--on Any Port in a Storm, securing their reputation as one of the most heartfelt acts inspired by the '90s, and one of the few who bring a more contemporary urgency to that sound.
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Jul 24, 2013There is a definite whiny, punky recklessness to Any Port In A Storm, a feeling of intentional roughness and rawness mixed with genuine musical chops and strained emotional frankness.
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Jul 22, 2013He sounds small, beaten and subdued beneath the Lemonheads-meets-Diiv slack drawl of the music. The key thing here? Unlike so many of his contemporaries, he also sounds totally believable.
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UncutJul 18, 2013He combines a fondness for Lou Reed-style New York street theater with anti-folk and '80s out-of-tune jangle to scintillating effect. [Aug 2013, p.76]
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Jul 18, 2013From the song structure to the vocal delivery, everything’s fairly laid-back and far from groundbreaking, but such is its lo-fi garage aesthetic.