Sara Pace wields a big acoustic guitar and writes big songs to go with. Folkish pop tunes with a thick syrup of country twang poured over the top.

Patrick Brickel has achieved a lyrical, roots/Americana hybrid that merges the pop classicism of a Paul Simon with the stark, penetrating internal explorations of an Elliott Smith or a Richard Buckner. He's been labeled "a masterful songwriter" by the Grand Island Independent, "a powerful roots musician" by Riverwest Currents, and a reviewer from Modern Vertebrate once wrote "every time I listen to his lyrics, I think to myself, 'Man, I wish I could write like that!' Then I hide in my closet and cry."