"Rob wrote modern-day anthems laced with sexual anticipation and inner-heat that cascaded hypnotically over you like your lover's flowing locks brushing across your naked body. ” - Kapital Ink
"Fans of Swervedriver, early Brian Jonestown Massacre and the angrier side
of Spacemen 3 will definitely see colors" - High Bias Magazine
"As well as the more errant, pre-post-rocking elements of their repertoire,
Smashing Orange also had a pop sensibility that would probably have been
sneered at by most of their contemporaries back then but (they)
undoubtedly paved the way for people like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and
Ambulance Ltd to take that final radio-friendly step in recent years." - Drowned
in Sound
Monika Bullette enjoyed recent success with the 2005 Internet
release of her
debut album "The Secrets" winning
Philadelphia City Paper's "Best Album You Can Get For Free and Without a Guilty Conscience". She gained international fans and critical reviews like:
"You can hear the influence of Nancy Sinatra, Aimee Mann, and Stereolab.
She has a unique style that is difficult to describe; I liken it to a mix
of Trespassers William, Feist, and Masha Qrella, good company for indie fans." - Between Thought and Expression
"Call her an insider/outsider artist, but there's nobody (to my knowledge)
making albums quite like this in 2005, full of dropped beats, stream-of-consciousness
melodies, un-selfconscious lyrics, and ultra-creative-on-a-shoestring-budget
arrangements." - The Mystical Beast
"Has Bullette put out the best album of the year? Maybe not, but it is in
the upper reaches of the top 10 list. Already, she has generated some buzz
. If she really takes off, it could be a sign
of things to come for the music industry. For the first time, an artist would
have broke (relatively) big without the aid of a label of any size, nor radio
support, and their album being given away for free on the internet. - Mysteries
of Portland
Since becoming a duo, Rob and Monika have taken their moody sonic
maelstrom through the Northeast Corridor to rapt audiences.
Rob and Monika's beautiful harmonies are intensified by swimming blissed-out guitars and no-nonsense drumming. The Sky Drops have been likened to a "shoegazing Everly Brothers".
