” It’s no stretch to say that with full band Jacob can be counted as one of the few standard bearers of upbeat nuts-and-bolts guitar pop in the Northwest, so I’m pretty excited to hear the new stuff he has to offer.”
6/3/2011 – Josh Loveseth, Sound on the Sound
“This Seattle band led by Jacob James of the Lashes and also featuring a couple ex-members of the Divorce debuts with a promising album of Beatlesque power pop reminiscent of the Posies, with crunchy electric guitars, smooth harmonies and bright melodic hooks.”
5/10/2010 - Don Yates, kexp.org
“Seattle quartet Ships write effusive psych-lite buoyed by breathy male vocals and billowy guitars. It’s a robustly gauzy sound that goes down easy. You will punch the air, gently, to their anthemic songs.”
01/08/2010 -Dave Segal, The Stranger
“[James] plays guitar and sings like he means it; the sound may be miles away from the acoustic guitar and confessional love songs of the Jacob James EP, but his voice still has the same rich sound that could grab you from the back of the venue and demand you pay attention.”
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