NPR : “Freelance Whales: Busking to the Big Time”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114164975
Stereogum : “Band To Watch” – “There’s palpable warmth and tactful touch that crackles throughout their strongest tunes’s group chants, harmonies, occasional computer beats and baroque-pop arrangements that should prove irresistible…”
http://stereogum.com/archives/band_to_watch/band-to-watch-freelance-whales_092961.html
Brooklyn Vegan, CMJ- “The band’s varied indie-pop has a humble, homespun quality to it. They lean on banjos and xylophones for tender rural sounds but also use glitchy and elecro backing to good effect.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/10/freelance_whale.html
Oh My Rockness : “Band To Watch”- “….create a pretty optimistic and highly singable world that sounds a little bit like melodic magic. It sounds like Disneyland.”
http://www.ohmyrockness.com/BandBio.cfm?BandID=27311
Ear Farm : “Introducting…”
http://earfarm.com/crop-rotation/5501
NME, CMJ: “Radar At CMJ NYC Part 2”
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=7405&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more7405
Heave Media, “Band To Watch” : “Freelance Whales Should Get Hired Full-time” http://www.heavemedia.com/review/288/weathervanes
I Guess I’m Floating – http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/2009/11/mp3-freelance-whales-generator-first.html
Fork/Knife : “Band to Watch” – http://forkknifemusic.com/2009/10/15/band-to-watch-freelance-whales/
US Tour Dates
12/09 – Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD
12/10 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
12/11 – Iota Cafe – Arlington, VA
12/12 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA
12/14 – Majestic Cafe – Detroit, MI
12/15 – El Mocambo Club – Toronto, ON
12/16 – Il Motore – Montreal, QB
12/17 – TT the Bears – Cambridge, MA
12/18 – Webster Hall – New York, NY