Winter Farewell finds the band in fine form, delivering a sonic, well-written album of folk-inspired music that, once explored beyond face value, will remain on your CD player for quite some time.

From the viola introduction of "Sound West", the loud outburst of "Slide", the piano-centric instrumental "They Spoke of History", and "The Evergreen" (which features Richard Buckner on backing vocals), Norfolk and Western are able to create a record that is as folk-y as it is experimental.

Fusing instrumentals with non-instrumentals, Norfolk & Western are all about the mood, getting it right, and putting you in it, as they play soft, eerie, chilling music that unfolds and unravels each time you play the album. I'll give it an A-.

Noothgrush: Failing Early, Failing Often

Norine Braun: Now & Zen

[Issue Forty-Nine // June 2002]