“A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.”

—Dustin Hoffman

AMPLIFIER MAGAZINE - “The approach is simple enough: take extraordinary lyrics about ordinary people and marry them to country/folk/rock/blues songs that are as unpretentious as they are accomplished.”

ASKEW REVIEWS - “This is music with a brain, music with heart - most of all music that will draw you in and hold your attention in a myriad of ways, and that will leave you glad you took the time to listen...” Read more

THE BOSTON HERALD - “Now emerging as saviors to rockin’ twins everywhere are Jay and Dave Hepburn of the up and coming band Sand Machine…” Read more

THE NOISE - “This is the band that everyone wishes they had. It takes real talent to groove SLOW, relaxed, and Sand Machine has that down to a science…” Read more

THE BOSTON GLOBE - “…clever, catchy catalog.”

SKOPE MAGAZINE - “A Boston band that came out of nowhere a few years ago, Sand Machine has grown even stronger than their 2002 debut indicated…” Read more

INSITE MAGAZINE - “With a powerful arsenal of songs, a respectable history, and a new CD out, Sand Machine seems poised to take on the industry. This pop-meets-melancholy sound might be too scattered a range for a less experienced group, but Sand Machine tackles their breath of expression with passion and skill.”

THE NOISE - “This has the Rolling Stones and the Beatles written all over it…” Read more

THE BOSTON HERALD - “…the Quincy-based quartet has become one of Boston’s most intriguing new bands.”

SKOPE MAGAZINE ONLINE - “I had this four track CD from Boston's most unusual rock and roll band in my headset all night. These four new pieces from Sand Machine had a way of sounding pretty good the first time I heard them and then just getting better with each repeated listen...” Read more

METRONOME - “…tasty aural twists and turns.”

THE NOISE - “This is some great rootsy rock/alt-country from right here. Sand Machine has gone back into the sonic archive to dredge the eerie sounds of The Band, early Neil Young, and Goat’s Head Soup/Exile-era Rolling Stones to make this down home recording under the guiding hand of Sir David Minehan. One listen will take you back to simpler times where everyone drove a pickup, listened to Willie Nelson (and liked it!) and drank lemonade on a hot day. Hopefully the band’s unpcoming full length will take that simple pleasure to a higher level.”