THE LIFT have created a smooth, solid debut that drifts, rocks, and shimmers in all the right places. -- Johnny Loftus ALL MUSIC GUIDE
Steeped in the pop underground, classic power pop and the masters from Brian Wilson to Todd Rundgren, Road to H [+]THE LIFT have created a smooth, solid debut that drifts, rocks, and shimmers in all the right places. -- Johnny Loftus ALL MUSIC GUIDE
Steeped in the pop underground, classic power pop and the masters from Brian Wilson to Todd Rundgren, Road to Hana 's the sort of album that checks myriad predecessors in an exalted tribute to pop. -- Matt Schild AVERSION
Frontman Matt Docter reaches for the vocal acrobatics of Jeff Buckley ("Favorite Record") and the band does Travis better than Travis has been doing Travis lately ("Bury the Lead"). -- Adam McKibbin SUITE101.COM
As with all good bands, the songs are the nuts and bolts of the thing, and tunes like the hooky "Spaceman," the dreamy "Ride" and the witty/angry "War Parade" ensure that Road to Hana won't be easily forgotten. --Michael Toland HIGH BIAS
If you're in a funk, visit the Docter brothers. They'll prescribe you a mega-dose of pristine alt-pop -- not without its side effects (disorientedness, cold sweats), but with the overall effect of a mild dose of Prozac: you will be Lifted. -- Sarah Silver SPLENDID
...the record really works as a whole. Slip it on and let the next 40-plus minutes go by without worrying about your CD player. --Thomas Crone PLAYBACK
...well wrought, evocative and sonically pleasing, suggesting what Radiohead would sound like if they spent their time listening to vintage Todd Rundgren and Spirit rather than... oh, I don't know, electric can openers? -- Simon Glickman HITS
When Matt Docter sang "Come on feel the noise, girls F#$% the boys!" most people in the small town of Collinsville, IL probably didn't notice or even watch. But Matt and Jason's parents did. Dad called St. Louis Public Access and had the 6th graders' first television appearance taken off the air.
Twin brothers--Matt and Jason continued playing and writing music throughout high school and college. Their band, The Suede Chain, recorded two albums for the Parasol label, Mud Records, in the mid-90's. Based out of Champaign, IL, they toured the east and midwest and became popular in the local scene made up of major label and indie bands such as Hum, Lanterna, and The Poster Children. Charting commercial radio play helped The Suede Chain sell 6,000 cd's.
Meanwhile in Minneapolis, bassist
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