Excerpt: “with only a handful of instruments at their disposal, the variation they achieve from song to song is impressive, to say the least. Over the course of eight tunes, this Aussie band continually applies an ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ approach in which guitars (Justin Buckley), keyboards (Justin Wheelahan), and drums (Peter Barrett) will sometimes explore upwards of a half dozen different ideas in just as many minutes… their attempts to explore so much terrain yield high dividends, as it frequently does whenever the melodic instruments weave a patchwork quilt of lustrous melodic fragments… There’s plenty of promise in these songs that hint at mightier things to come.”

Delusions of Adequacy

Excerpt: “Great music… filled with intricate passages, turns and swirls. Tarcutta is a delicious album, filled with excellent instrumental rock. They balance the gentle with the raw close to perfect. Slightly progressive post-rock. And, it could be one of the albums of 2009.”

Luna Kafé

Excerpt: “That beautiful organ sound shimmers across much of the recording in a way that can’t help but reawaken memories of classic ’60s bands like The Doors and Procol Harum, but Tarcutta is no decrepit throwback… the album finds the trio in top form, essaying the ebb and flow of aggressive and gentler passages with equal conviction and at no expense to the immediacy of the material’s delivery… The release clearly demonstrates that sixties’ instrumentation doesn’t have to mean sixties’ music.”

Textura

Excerpt: “If there is one thing Tarcutta displays in its knack for opening tracks, it’s the ability to both write great melodies and, perhaps more importantly, use them smartly. ‘Liberace Fibonacci’s opening organ riff demonstrates this perfectly: it’s immediately grabbing but doesn’t outshine the rest of the piece. Rather, snippets and reinterpretations of it show up throughout the song, giving it a nicely unified, decidedly song-like feel without resorting to a verse-chorus-verse structure…  their debut does arguably what a debut should be doing: it samples a bit of everything from the sonic palette the band has available. Above all, the self-titled demonstrates a wicked potential that could become something great with a tighter focus that Tarcutta is undoubtedly capable of.”

The Silent Ballet