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All in all, "How Animals Move" is a slow-burning, understated gem that intrigues and engages in equal measure.
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BlenderParish is at his best on songs that, for all their avant-garde trappings, are eloquent enough not to need lyrics. [#10, p.125]
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It's obvious that most of the songs have been meticulously worked over, and as a listener you're thankful for it, but as an album it feels like the paint has hit the canvas at random.
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Entertainment WeeklyLush, high-plains soundtrack music. [1 Nov 2002, p.70]
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How Animals Move, much like its creator, has "side project" written all over it. The songs meander freely, setting up moods, throwing together unusual sounds.
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MojoIt's mostly a success, though its dominant tone of understated, rainy melancholia is unlikely to earn Parish a dressing room with a star on the door. [Oct 2002, p.108]
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Although How Animals Move has solid arrangements and melodies, Parish is at his best when he mixes hard work and detail with spontaneous, rough-edged playing. It's not that the slow stuff doesn't work; it's just not as exciting or even as inventive as his rock music.
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How Animals Move is a strange and uneven but ultimately captivating effort by a talented musician/composer.
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A tender, imaginative collection of disparate songs, How Animals Move is less an album than a steady stream of wonderful, unpretentious surprises.
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The WireA highly engaging and very endearing album. [#223, p.59]
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UncutAn adventurous solo outing. [Oct 2002, p.112]