Reviews for Jersey Shores are pretty flattering so far. Thanks everyone, we're glad you enjoy!

PS - You can still stream the album from Punk News at our band profile page.

FACT MAGAZINE (UK)
Last year, Phantom Limb by Pig Destroyer was the metal album it
paid to read the lyric sheet to. Its stream-of-consciousness narrative
about psychotic thoughts was so well-constructed that it made the
explosive audio almost secondary. Jersey Shores’ lyrics (about a
spate of shark attacks in New Jersey during the First World War) go
beyond augmenting the sound, into ostensibly shaping what the music
does. During the quieter moments, the listener can visualise the still
waters. Every time the aural tumult kicks in, you know those enormous,
tooth-filled jaws are ripping into an unwitting swimmer, be it Charles
Bruder or Lester Stillwell.


PUNKNEWS
Mondo instrumental interludes. With an average of eight minutes a song,
some parts are five-to-six minutes of solid instrumental pieces with
Akimbo going at it full force. I’ve always been a fan of their longer
songs, like "Uranaburg" and "Tower of the Elephant," so this release is
a treat. Some may call the slower, less rocking instrumental interludes
“post-rock” inspired. I suppose I could say sure, whatever. Jersey Shores
is really Akimbo letting themselves craft these more drawn-out
passages, and in turn, allowing themselves to build up to intense heavy
riffage and that’s what really matters. See "Lester Stillwell."


THE TRIPWIRE
Jersey Shores does a good job mixing the light and the dark.
There are slower, sludgily parts, but when Akimbo settle into a groove
like the one driving Great White Bull, they level everything in their
path.

LAMBGOAT
However, in accordance to the standard Akimbo release, the words aren't
exactly discernable. Included with the album is the lyric sheet and
concurrent story that weaves the songs together into a single
narrative; but the album itself is reliant upon the atmospheric
additions in order to create that sense of dread, appeal to the
emotional side of the listener, and recreate the moment of terror when
the shark sinks its teeth into the flesh of Charles Vansant's inner
left thigh. The listener might not pick out details like "Charles
Vansant" or "left thigh," but you'll know damn sure when you're
listening to a shark attack.

TINY MIXTAPES
Without such a dynamic, though, the story’s ingrained emotions of
terror and wonder, vengeance and awe would fall flat, making a gross
error of what, in Akimbo’s charge, is a nuanced vision of real-life
brutality and nature’s gruesome force. It’s the same multifaceted
completeness that makes Jersey Shores an album born fully-formed, indivisible, and wholly fulfilling.

METAL REVIEW
If anything, this looser format allows Akimbo to
rely less on Jon Weisnewski’s expressive but workmanlike bellow and
gives them more room to make use of their very, very serious riffing
ability and chops. Weisnewski and drummer Nat Damm have developed into
an incredibly potent, booming rhythm section over their many years
togther—Damm in particular is an absolute monster of Bonhamesque
single-pedal skinsmanship—and their driving cadences allow Aaron
Walters to strut his impressive stuff on extended instrumental workouts
like “Matawan,” “Lester Stillwell” and the title track. This, much more
than any previous Akimbo release, is a rock album, full of meaty power chords, guitar heroics, and striking
dynamic shifts. Owens’ production, already impressive on Navigating the Bronze,
is even more appropriate here—each instrument is gritty but
comprehensible, and the effect is that of a perfectly-adjusted mixing
board in an intimate club.

HEAVY JAMS
It turns out that combining Akimbo's signature blend of influences with
songwriting structures more akin to Neurosis does wonderful things for
the listeners.  It's innovative, abrasive, and intelligent.  And it's
also an obvious choice for many a Best of '08 list.