"…This is music with a brain, music with heart - most of all music that will draw you in and hold your attention in a myriad of ways, and that will leave you glad you took the time to listen...Sand Machine are something fresh and interesting in a world filled with imitators and duplicators. There are moments of uplifting joy, as well as fear and self-doubt. There are songs that’ll make you want to get up and bop like a dirty Grateful Dead fan, and songs that will make you pour yourself another shot of Jack Daniels into that glass you havent washed in years…"
-Brian Mosher, www.askewreviews.com

"…The impressive thing is that Sand Machine put their personal stamp on each song. That these guys can play as well as they do and still stay out of each others way is another feat... Lyrical strengths abound. I think what I like best about Sand Machine is they’re different enough to remain interesting without going too far into left field...Every track is an accomplishment in song craft as music, lyrics, and vocal approach provid[ing] a tapestry of oddball humor and damn good roots rock."
-Skope Magazine Online

"This is the band that everyone wishes they had. It takes real talent to groove SLOW, relaxed, and the Sand Machine has that down to a science. With an early Neil Young/Crazy Horse mood, great vocal harmonies that remind one of Stones at times, and that countryish folk bluesy rock thing going, these guys are right ON. I don’t really smoke the wacky tobacco anymore, got paranoid too much, but this type of music makes me want to start again! There’s a positive sign. You just get the feeling (I’m speaking of the overall sound of the whole album) that things will be alright as you ride the lazy, swinging chord progressions that Sand Machine has put together for your audio pleasure—tasteful arrangements that would sound great pumping out of your stereo on Friday after a hard work week (if you’re a nine to five person, which I’m not). I hear a lot of music and try to keep an open mind about all styles, and bands like this just reaffirm my thought that there are some cool people out there doing really cool stuff."
-The Noise

"With a powerful arsenal of songs, a respectable history, and a new CD out, Sand Machine seems poised to take on the industry. This pop-meets-melancholy sound might be too scattered a range for a less experienced group, but Sand Machine tackles their breath of expression with passion and skill."
-InSite Magazine

 "I had this four track CD from Boston's most unusual rock and roll band in my headset all night. These four new pieces from Sand Machine had a way of sounding pretty good the first time I heard them and then just getting better with each repeated listening ... They open with its title track "Running Of The Tree Frogs Week." Don't be fooled by the weird song title. These guys have real depth when they compose, and they reflect real emotion when they record ... I can hear a Neil Young influence in Bate's guitar work, and I think the harmonies between Hepburn and his brother Dave Hepburn have a distinct late 1960s Beatles flavor. If you think of The Beatles "Abbey Road" album and George Harrison's first solo effort "All Things Must Pass" with heaping doses of Neil Young and The Band thrown in, you might get an idea of how Sand Machine , because of their influences, is a modern local band with an aspiration for classic rock greatness. "Heals" has the Hepburn brothers calling on time to heal a rift between a man and his own conscience. It's the way they sing "Time don't you know?" in the chorus that hits me...Sand Machine is definitely on to something. They're unique without being too weird. If they can even top what they released last time, there won't be any way to stop this band from achieving whatever goals it sets for its future.
-Bill Copeland, Skope Magazine Online

This is some great rootsy rock/ alt-country from right here. Sand Machine has gone back into the sonic archive to dredge the eerie sounds of The Band, early Neil Young, and Goat’s Head Soup/ Exile-era Rolling Stones to make this down home recording under the guiding hand of Sir David Minehan. One listen will take you back to simpler times where everyone drove a pickup, listened to Willie Nelson (and liked it!) and drank lemonade on a hot day. Hopefully the band’s unpcoming full length will take that simple pleasure to a higher level.
-The Noise

"Bring back the harmonies! Vocals used to be more predominant. Now, it isn't necessarily a prerequisite to be able to sing to even front a band. And harmonies? They're out there, but don't play a vital role in the pop song the way they used to. The band Sand Machine thinks they're important, too. Raised on The Beatles, The Band and Neil Young (OK, he doesn't really make one think of "good singing"), this trio[sic] is often considered a '60s throwback because of its jangly guitars and strong vocal blends ... its songwriting style could be called "articulate pop," throw-back song structures mixed with quirky phrasing and clean guitars."
-Charlene Arsenault, Worcester Magazine

"Now emerging as saviors to rockin’ twins everywhere are Jay and Dave Hepburn of the up and coming band Sand Machine . With guitarist Jeremy Bates and bassist Noah Scanlan, the Quincy-based quartet has become one of Boston's most intriguing new bands. As dozens of post-punk Interpol clones multiply like fungal spores over the city, Sand Machine sticks to its idiosyncratic sound. Mixing the Deadpan delivery of Cake with shades of The Band’s rootsy harmonies and a healthy dose of The Beatles, Sand Machine doesn’t sound like anyone in the city ... Despite the heavy influence of these giants, there’s something strange and fresh about Sand Machine's sound. "
-Christopher Blagg, The Boston Herald