Girlpool Before the World Was Big [Digipak]

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Girlpool show how punk a band can get with just two women, a guitar, a bass and two raging hearts."
"Album opener 'Ideal World' drifts and dives with dead-eyed acceptance, acoustic guitars squeaking and strumming into a fuzzy coda that befits a lyrical exploration of the process of finding oneself."
"These ten spare, mostly acoustic songs are beautifully time-warped, rose-colored, misremembered. There are few records in recent memory that are as compelling a snapshot of the bittersweet process of growing up."
"This brilliant half-hour of punky Americana is a chance to read the journals of the coolest kids in town."
Paste (magazine) - "BEFORE THE WORLD WAS BIG is able to speak volumes in its simplicity. The LP is made up of straightforward (but self-propelling) guitar riffs."