David Byrne's New Album Features Music From HBO's 'Big Love'
"'It's not a pop record by any stretch,' notes Byrne, 'but I'm proud of it.'"
Starpulse, 10 April 2009

Big Love: Hymnal
"Inspired by church hymns, the music combines the harmonic sensibility of Brian Wilson with the breadth of a Bernard Hermann soundtrack and the surreal soundscapes of original cocktail king Martin Denny."
Mark Kemp, eMusic, 6 April 2009

David Byrne: Big Love: Hymnal
"Byrne abandons everything you thought you may have known about him and his music to introduce a soft, sweeping, toned-down soundtrack..."
Greg Gargiulo, JamBase, 23 March 2009

David Byrne, Big Love: Hymnal
"...the tunes aim to establish mood or create tension without resorting to melodrama."
Glide Magazine, 12 March 2009

Album Reviews
"...Byrne concerns himself with austere, private expressions of pride or wonder..."
Todd Martens and Margaret Wappler, L.A. Times, 22 December 2008

David Byrne: Big Love: Hymnal
" Byrne allows himself to wander across a wide musical palette as he evokes the sense of an America that is familiar yet slightly sinister."
Mark Edwards, The Sunday Times, 14 December 2008

Album: David Byrne: Big Love: Hymnal
"A wistful, oddly sinister experience."
Andy Gill, The Independent, 05 December 2008

Something for the Weekend: David Byrne — Big Love: Hymnal
"In fact, there are no boundaries to Byrne's work."
Simon Cosyns, The Sun, 05 December 2008

Review: Big Love: Hymnal
"...Byrne’s music is precious and lovely..."
Chris Barrett, Metro Pulse, 03 December 2008

Music Reviews: David Byrne — Big Love: Hymnal
"Byrne delivers tension and the unsettling feeling of immorality on some of the compositions, but he never judges nor makes the depravity explicit."
John Constine, Tiny Mix Tapes, 2008

Review: Big Love: Hymnal
"David Byrne delivers a masterful ensemble of audio-blip ecstasy that will lift you up to the zenith of aural serenity."
Santos Ramos, Above the Fold, 10 October 2008

Album Reviews: David Byrne
"These sets demonstrate that there’s no limit to Byrne’s inventiveness..."
Rob Wynn, The City Paper, 26 September 2008

 

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