Here's some reviews we've gotten over the past year that have been nice, seemed as good a time as any to pull them together in one place. More if they come!

Reports - Mosquito Nets LP (The Paper Cities)
Unflappable and heartfelt noisy/psych pop here, one which grows more irresistible with each listen. Aside from a few unsteady moments, this Reports record scratches every itch I'd ever have to listen to GBV off channel 1, Neutral Milk on Channel 2, and the Thermals out of the CD player all at once. Not that I'd ever try to engineer such a moment, but there's a lot to be said for a band's abilities to harness familiarity in their sound and wield it with such graceful, encouraging results. Big, smiling bass tones come crashing directly into uptight, ringing guitars, bashing drums (occasionally played by Casey from Major Stars), and one of those perfect '90s indie rock singers in this guy named Martin. He's the main guy and you should pay this man some respects in his hand of forging Boston's rock scene back to one of respectable stature. 11 songs, maybe nine of which are as good as anything that's come out this year. Edition of 250 vinyl copies with silkscreened sleeves. Also available as a download at www.inmanstreetrecords.com. Right up there with the Cherry Blossoms as 2007's most wondrous record I'd have missed, if not for this column.
-- Doug Mosurak, Dusted Magazine http://www.dustedmagazine.com


Reports "Mosquito Nets" LP
I've got a dizzying feeling while listening to this one—I'm not supposed to feel nostalgic listening to something for the first time, am I? When a time machine turns up in Boston, Reports will ride it back to 1993 and hop onto the Matador roster—that great GBV, Pavement, Yo la Tengo Matador roster—and slide a few albums into the mix. Like the above, there is some top notch guitar driven rock here; the not-too-fancy recording adds some punch to the pop. If that wasn't enough, the silk-screened sleeve is to die for. Well worth picking up if any of the above makes sense to ya.
-- David Hyde, http://www.terminal-boredom.com


Reports - Mosquito Nets (Paper Cities)
This is one of those modest yet adventurous small-press records you mistakenly stumble upon. Full of scruffy tuneful moments barbed like Polvo and at times wide screened into grand distorted fits. Matches well with Columbus' current crop of "Shitpop" revolutionists.
-- Kevin Elliott http://worldofwumme.blogspot.com/


Gimme Indie Rock!
I've been listening to a LOT of techno recently. Not that that's any bad thing, but in the interest of a healthy diverse listening habit I consciously decided to do something different today.
I'll admit that I've had Boston band Reports' debut lp Mosquito Nets for a few months now... But at the weekend I finally got around to putting it on my portable-music-playing device - the outcome being repeated listens on the walk to/from work uninterrupted by tea-making or general fidgetry. The result of the repeated uninterrupted listens being an even greater appreciation of an album I already had a soft spot for.
Reports clearly LOVE making music - so many of Mosquito Nets' 11 tracks brim with energy and enthusiasm. They display a great pop sensibility and it's this which forms the foundation for a sound that's as carefree as it is wise.
Songs like "Radio" and "Sewn to Your Mind" build on their fantastic hooky cores with lovingly applied layers of fuzzed-up guitars, and bound along with cheer that's infectious. The unassuming catchiness nods to GBV and something in the vocal delivery reminds me S+E era Malkmus, but the racket Reports creates is undeniably their own. Those guitars contribute to the denser turns taken by the title track and "Move and Glow (Pt.1)"; drenched in reverb they own the space they occupy. And on "Quarters" they're turned up all the way for a massive jam that sounds like a band having a ridiculously good time.
Mosquito Nets is a great, great summer record, and one that looks as good as it sounds. The sleeves are hand-screened front and back, designed by band member Martin Pavlinic (see a selection of his poster designs here. And the pressing is limited to a run of only 250 copies. So take yourself off to www.papercities.org, and grab a copy or lose out. A lot of love and care has gone into making this record. I suggest you give it a little back.
---- Fiona Diffey, http://thewirewool.blogspot.com/


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