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Reviews

Nick Bollinger, New Zealand Listener, March 25-31 2006

The Abel (sic) Tasmans were an anomaly in the Flying Nun stable. They aimed for baroque pop rather than garage rock, and even when their execution didn’t measure up to their ambitions it made a change from trebly guitars. A decade after calling it quits, core Tasmans Graeme Humphreys and Peter Keen have regrouped to [...]

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ANDREW DUBBER, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Let’s have something more recent. This is easily one of my favourite albums of the last few years. Graeme Humphreys and Peter Keen’s The Overflow is an absolute work of art.
If you know the Able Tasmans’ music, then the sound of the record should come as no surprise to you (Humphreys and Keen were key [...]

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Jack Rabid, Big Takeover New York, December 2006

Speaking of New Zealand, this is really the fifth ABLE TASMANS LP, their first since the Auckland, NZ band split following 1995’s Store in a Cool Place. Keyboardist GRAEME HUMPHREYS and singer PETER KEEN were their main songwriters. And yet, this is a fresh dimension, so maybe a new name was warranted. The Overflow is [...]

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Kerry Cooper, Waikato Times – 24/09/2007

Songwriter Graeme Humphreys and vocalist Peter Keen show how it’s done with a beautiful album full of lush melodies and sparse arrangements. Any fan of grown-up pop music from U2 to Coldplay or Crowded House will be pleasantly surprised by the maturity and effortless majesty of this album. Keen’s vocals are sweet while ex-Sports Cafe [...]

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