Nicolai Dunger's new album of "...lush chamber pop, soulful ballads, and vibrant rockers" (Entertainment Weekly), 'Here's my song, You can have it... I don't want it anymore/ Yours 4-ever, Nicolai Dunger' (ZOË/Rounder), hits stores today and Performing Songwriter warns "if you do not run out and buy this album, you might be certifiably insane."

Here's what other critics are saying:

"...dreamy perspective and unchecked emotionality... he trades three-chord songs for music with harmonic twists suggesting the Beatles. 'Here's my song' is just the album for a good wallow in yearning and obsession."
-Jon Pareles, New York Times, 3/14/06

"His songs evoke Van Morrison, Tim Buckley and Springsteen without descending into pastiche. Dunger's the perfect newbie to bifurcate your [world]. A-"
-Tom Sinclair, Entertainment Weekly, 3/17/06

"He writes songs of joy and heartache and digs deep to sing with the passion his words demand."
-Jim Fusilli, Wall Street Journal, 1/28/06

"Dunger's croon recalls Van Morrison at his bluesy best."
-Ryan Dombal, Entertainment Weekly, 3/10/06

"gracefully arranged... stripped down and rustic."
-Paul Cantin, No Depression, March/April 2006

"That voice... plaintive, euphoric, furious, always captivating..."
-Abby White, Performing Songwriter, March/April 2006

"gem...'60s-rock-inspired work of art..."
-Mary Huhn, New York Post (NY), 2/28/06