Hi there,

I located this summary of a bunch of reviews The Fingers received between 1996 and 2000. If I find the time, I'll dig up the original newspaper articles.

-Alex

Amazon.com
The Bay Area has given us many great bands, and the Fingers more than qualify for a place on the list. Recorded over a couple of years, Prophets and Casanovas is the work of musicians with a strong grasp on songwriting, playing, and arranging and a distinct pop sensibility, couched in a low-key, folksy way--a couple of tracks even lean toward the alt-country end of the spectrum. In a more perfect world, they'd already be in the big time; their material and presentation seems to recall no one else, and the passion and intelligence behind it all marks them as a band not just to watch, but one that's already arrived. A band this good deserves to be huge. --Chris Nickson

San Francisco EXAMINER
What's not to love about this cello-driven rock band?

SF Bay Guardian
"The Fingers have managed to create emotionally satisfying pop without apologizing for it....there's no better launching pad than Mandel's works of popsmithery."

Listen.com
"The cello sends those harmonies straight up to heaven."

San Francisco Examiner
"Wonderfully melodic tunes that range from pure pop to alt-country, but with a twist - a cello. The interplay between Ray Davies-like singer/guitarist Alex Mandel and cellist Semyon Kobialka is mesmerizing, and never less than rocking....Check out the searing rocker "By the Time You Get Home" the Kurt Weill-ish intermezzo "Thump Baby," and the dreamy ballad "Keep You From Yourself" to get a sense of the Fingers' impressive range."

San Francisco Bay Guardian
The Fingers have managed to create emotionally satisfying pop without apologizing for it. "By the Time You Get Home" is unabashed in its catchiness, and it's destined to be their single, a high-volume, sunlit driving song if you've ever heard one.

BAM
Laced with honest and emotional hooks. If guitarist/singer/songwriter Alex Mandel's introspective and downright clever songs don't get you ("Christine" is the best summer sing-a-long you've never heard) or you're somehow unimpressed with the rarity of rock songs composed by accomplished musicians, you might go for the novelty factor of a cello in lieu of guitar 2.

Nadine Condon, SF Chronicle
"[The Fingers] have got to be some of the best songwriters we've seen in this town."