"Abel’s voice is somewhere in a cauldron containing Tom Waits, Joe Strummer, and Nick Cave, though without sounding like any of them."

"...I put on Flax Happy, sit back, and feel my heart rate slow down."

"...this album provides the ears of the listener with a vast antipasti platter of folksy guitar strums."

"I am a real sucker for male/female duets, and ‘Cinders of the Sun’ [featuring Jolie Holland] is just such a goodie. It’s a ten out of ten American Folk song, and it’s from New Zealand!"

"[FLAX HAPPY] - It’s a great album, and I highly recommend it."

Sunday 25 May, 2008
FULL REVIEW...
http://www.thewire.co.nz/news.php?id=506