Magnet - "Loaded with sagebrush atmosphere and recorded with former Television bassist Fred Smith and drummer Billy Ficca, Verlaine's guitar work has never seemed more star-lit and intensely lovely."
Mojo - 3 stars out of 5 - "[W]here '50s rock'n'roll twang meets Angelo Badalamenti's strongly melodic musical evocations of the American night."
Down Beat - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "..a mood piece that grows on you.."
Entertainment Weekly - "..a collection of thoroughly alluring instrumentals...Verlaine's edgy guitar coils and snakes its way around the album's delicate melodies.." - Rating: B+
Spin - "[An] instrumental set from the punk era's highest-flying guitarist....It charms on its own terms."
The Wire - "Oblique narrative is a common thread in Verlaine's lyrics, and these instrumentals also strongly evoke scenes, intrigues and incidents."
Rovi
Warm and Cool serves as a primer of instrumental electric guitar stylings, from the 50s rumble of Link Wray, twang of Duanne Eddy and surf of The Ventures right up to contemporary, white-light experimental feedback. These influences are filtered through Verlaine's moody grasp of urban paranoia. The overall feel of the 14 tracks is hypnotic, mysterious, and somewhat foreboding, like the soundtrack to a good film noir. ~ Roch Parisien|
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