we love space city rock. you should too.  read this review of our cd, then go check them out, they know what they are doing for sure. here’s the review as they posted it:

Ahh...the ability to play your instrument well. Some musicians inspire their listeners with poetic lyrics, some through their unflappable discipline, and some are just hot. Cricket, from Louisville, can play. Fortunately, they also like to show off, and they’ve created a psychedelic monster in Sofa City Sweetheart.
This album sounds at home in the back of a van. Most of the tracks, like the aptly named "Liquid Acid," balance metal with the groovy to keep the sound afloat somewhere in between; funky metal with frequent acid flashbacks. Suffice it to say that this is a guitar-driven album, and its forms range from the nebulous duels on "Coast off LA" to the more robotic "Carousel." The drummer sounds like he wants a few extra arms at times, and the bassist holds his grooves pretty easily. This must have been a fun album to record.
Cricket is a jam band at heart, and their instrumental moments are the real treat. "Movie Trailer" has a great melodic breakdown, and "Only the Wind Knows" is nice energizing punch in the ear. At their live shows, they "tend to bleed the songs together into one pulsing blob of music," apparently, and this album sounds like they’re holding back from doing just that: the freedom and spontaneity of a small, talented group of musicians sharing a stage is a beautiful thing. I would be curious to check these guys out if they ever get off their Kentucky asses and into Texas. Jerks.
Though Cricket displays an arsenal of sounds, they could still use a little variety. The effects mainly show up in solos, resulting in a fairly homogenous album with standout moments. Try and ration those things, eh? The ratio of heavy songs to anything else is off, and some balance would make this CD easier to listen to. Sadly, they have some newer tracks on their Myspace page which seem to be heading into the realm of alternative rock. Cricket, please do the right thing and stick to the road less traveled.
In a word: potential. It’s there, and it consistently pokes its head out from the storm of sounds that is Sofa City Sweetheart, but then pulls right back in. If Cricket manages to control this beast a little more, they have a chance to make some pretty exciting acid jams. Groovy.

http://www.spacecityrock.com/reviews/rev-0308.shtmlcricket1

Montag, its an e-zine. It's cool. Go there and read about good new music (including us).  Here is the article they did on us for you to glance at quickly, if your're in a rush. Visit their site when you get a chance (the link's at the bottom of the article)  and tell them how awesome they are. Here's the article.......

     80s movies fans might recognize the 16 Candles reference in Cricket's latest album title, Sofa City Sweetheart. Based out of Louisville, the progressive rock trio comprised of Ben Fields on vocals and guitar, Jeremy Winkie on vocals and bass and Matt Texter on drums and keyboards signify the distinctive sound that has drawn attention to the area, especially with the popularity of My Morning Jacket, VHS or Beta, and Will Oldham. (From this outsider's view, Louisville, Asheville (NC) and Chicago, appear to be producing a trend of some of the more interesting rock performers.) That distinctiveness, too, is a necessary quality for aspiring bands trying to rise through such a saturated Kentucky rock scene. Says bassist Jeremy Winkie: "it's a good place to play and get your chops, but you can't make a living playing music here. Everyone and their mother plays drums or guitar or can sing. There are really a load of good musicians here. Too many to get recognized, so the bands with the biggest crowds tend to be the ones with the most friends socially." The band is also competing for ears in a scene that is, according to Winkie, divided into frat-styled hard rock with some emo thrown in on the one hand and indie rock on the other, "which is difficult for us, because we have hard rock, indie and progressive influences, which I think confuses people."

     Cricket has a somewhat lengthy history in trying to find their present sound. Initially founded by vocalist/guitarist Ben Fields' oldest brother Rob and neighborhood friends, it existed as a mostly non-gigging band in the mid to late 90s. Around 2000, Ben Fields and youngest brother Justin began writing music together and taking the band in a more serious direction. With David King on bass, the new lineup recorded an eight track EP, "Motel Magazine." When King left for college, his vacancy was filled by long-time friend of the Fields brothers, Jeremy Winkie and the band kept busy with gigs, performing nearly every weekend in 2005 and sometimes playing three shows in a day. When drummer Justin Fields left the band in 2006, the band was put on a rather abrupt hold until Fields found Matt Texter, an old friend trained in music theory and of course, drums.

     The 12-track Sofa City Sweetheart marks the band's debut full-length album. Though the band's foremost identifier is probably Field's high pitched vocals, perhaps its best quality is the amount of instrumental variation the three piece wields, which becomes immediately apparent in the transition from the first track "de Nova," a short unimposing and dreamy setup of wah-wah guitar, to the second track "Paper Trees, Violet Hearts," which kicks off with a quick drum stick countdown followed by speedy guitar repetition as though barely nudging the listener to immediately prepare for the shift.

     Much of the album wavers between tasty heavy-gain licks ("Here We Are," "The Coast Off LA" and "Movie Trailer") and an almost early 90s alt-rock mix of whirling and sometimes sporadic bounciness that is particularly highlighted by Field's lead guitar and Winkie's smooth driving bass. As the intro to "Losing It," the combination almost seems reminiscent of the bluesy-rock mix of early Red Hot Chilli Peppers. But it works best on the track, "Strokin' It," which also has a sort of Ninja Gaiden sensibility about it at the end (it's not-so-secretly the author's favorite track).

     "Streams Flow" begins almost like the Pixies "Where is My Mind," the slowed beat, whirling clean guitar, and feint background additions that sound like flowing wave give the sense of watching the oddly beautiful mass demolition in Fight Club, though Field's high pitch style and the layered vocals give the impression of almost playfully indie, standing apart from a generally more ferocious presence. It's a loose, elegant closer, and if listening to the entire album on repeat, serves as less of a nudge for the brief, dreamy introduction of "de Nova." Yet, despite the intensity and playfulness of the albums, the lyrics of some of the tracks feel less adventurous, at least on tracks where rhyming patterns seemed curiously obligatory.

     Nonetheless, carrying the torch of the Cricket name for better than ten years, Fields, Winkie and Texter have found a sound that works incredibly well and produced an album that is sure to grow on its faithful listeners.

The above review can be found at:

http://montagthezine.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/album-review-cricket-sofa-city-sweetheart/

We are going to be doing a lot of cool new things with our myspace page in the coming months, keep checking back to see what we are up to.  Yesterday, we put up an interactive map that shows where all our fans are.  Show the love and add yourself! It is probably the easiest thing you will ever do on the net. Honestly.  IT will take no more than 45 seconds.  and admittedly, its kinda cool!

If you get the chance, go pick up a copy of the may issue of louisville music news. there's a great review of our new album.... here it is if you can't get ahold of a copy of this months issue:

     Sofa City Sweetheart: Cricket is the band, a Louisville rock 'n' roll band if there ever was one. 'Refreshing' is how I would describe Cricket, especially compared to the endless sea of upcoming and veterans' bands occupying this region.

     Sofa City Sweetheart is the new 12- song CD from this strange but wonderful band. Cricket reminds me of The Ramones, Nirvana or some alternative, bluesy hippy rock. Heck, I don't know what to call it. Hippy rock, pseudo metal, funk progressive, indie blues? Whatever, it jams!

     Bassist Jeremy Winkie is a rock bass monster, with a serious, funky groove and tone, more so than the average Louisville original rock bassist. Guitarist and vocalist Ben Fields never misses a note, although he's doing the work of two on both guitar and vocals! "Here We Are" is a muddy desert riff, sludge rock monster that reminds me of Kyuss but with punk vocals that match pretty well. Vintage rock sounds out in "Liquid Acid," along with some decent blues guitar solos and melody. "Stroking It" recalls early English invasion a la the Beatles and Oasis. Pretty guitars and vocals make this song a happy tune to jam to. Fields' dreamy vocals and vintage guitar sound make it like being stoned in a field of daffodils while making love to your girlfriend. "Carousel" is another vintage rock endeavor with a Nirvana-influenced part that leads into a trippy, space-guitar effect I cannot identify!!

     Ben Fields has a good voice, especially in the studio, on this CD. The money was well-spent on this recording, because it brings out the best in Cricket and Fields. Sometimes he's bluesy, sometime he sings in a high-pitched, feminine tone, other times he gets into that Ramones gravel rock style that I identify him with.

     Cricket is a well-oiled, vintage powered, funky rock and roll machine, ready to do what it takes to spread the word of Sofa City Sweetheart. If classic artists like Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Ramones or The Police are your favs, then you need to seek out Cricket. Buy Sofa City Sweetheart. Hear some at Myspace.com/wearecricket

review by Eddy Metal

our new disc, "Sofa City Sweetheart" is now available in several forms:

1. at Ear X Tacy records in Louisville Ky! a louisville landmark!

2. at any of our upcoming shows!

3. online and directly to your personal mp3 player,  by clicking on this link:

Our friend Ekko over at Berkely Place Music ran a little blurb on our new Album on his site last week. If you want to dig up some great new music, be sure to check out his site often. Lots of good stuff on there, and he updates it quite frequently.  Here is what he had to say about us. A link to his page is at the  bottom of his  post:

CRICKET–SOFA CITY SWEETHEART

I've enjoyed Cricket for over a year now, ever since they released a few singles to the blogosphere. They're still looking for a label, but in the meantime they've brought us a truly great power-pop record, Sofa City Sweetheart. The Louisville, Kentucky, band has been rocking since 1994, although nobody who was in the band back then is still in it now. Apparently, though, it's always had at least one of the Fields brothers in it. Also, they call themselves a power trio but their site lists four members. Whatever. All I know is that whatever the band did to form this version of itself is much appreciated on this corner.
Great stuff with a truly unique, edgy sound. Please download it and spread the word about this band. They need our support, and they're worth it. They are the reason I do this every day: To help lesser-to-un-knowners get out there and find your ears.

Hear here!

P.S. I like this band so much, I'm gonna do this: "Jessica Alba naked" "Christina Aguilera tits" "hot monkey sex with Tyra Banks" "Julia Stiles ass". "Scarlet Johannson's boobs." If that doesn't drive people to this post, nothing will.