Let You Down

Alternative Press - 7 out of 10 - "...These fresh-faced North Carolina boys spin a loping, luminous blend of gentle folk and indie rock....LET YOU DOWN is a mood record, well-blended and consistent..." Magnet - "...Slow and gorgeous folk songs that sound as natural as breathing..." Mojo - "...While clamping down on some of their more anaemic meanderings and calling time on the King's Singers-style a cappella inetrludes, producer Brian Paulson has left the band's melodious care more or less unaltered..." Q - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their sleepily cyclical guitar lines and heavy-lidded harmonies invoke the sun-dappled likes of early '70s Pink Floyd or Kevin Ayers..." Uncut - 3 stars out of 5 - "...LET YOU DOWN drifts along slowly, quietly, and with a lot of sleep in its eyes..." Q (10/01, p.125) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their sleepily cyclical guitar lines and heavy-lidded harmonies invoke the sun-dappled likes of early '70s Pink Floyd or Kevin Ayers..." Mojo (9/01, p.93) - "...While clamping down on some of their more anaemic meanderings and calling time on the King's Singers-style a cappella inetrludes, producer Brian Paulson has left the band's melodious care more or less unaltered..." Magnet (12-1/02, p.93) - "...Slow and gorgeous folk songs that sound as natural as breathing..." Alternative Press (1/02, p.87) - 7 out of 10 - "...These fresh-faced North Carolina boys spin a loping, luminous blend of gentle folk and indie rock....LET YOU DOWN is a mood record, well-blended and consistent..." Uncut (11/01, p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...LET YOU DOWN drifts along slowly, quietly, and with a lot of sleep in its eyes..."

Kingsbury Manx are a four-piece act from Chapel Hill, North Carolina who draw on traditional American folk influences for their music. 'Let You Down' is the follow up to their eponymously titled debut album of 2000, and was recorded in Richmond, Virginia. The majority of the tracks on the album were produced by Brian Paulson who has also worked with Slint.|