Here's what the critics have to say about FOUR PIECE SUIT:

"Matinee IdyIls has 17 delightfully eclectic tracks." --VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE -- Read the full review!

"Unfettered abandon...a perfect fit for any era."--VARIETY

"Pulp-Fiction-esque...a dream 1962 prom band."--BOSTON HERALD

"Unlimited verve and enthusiasm."--ATHENS FLAGPOLE

"Sheer, absolute class from beginning to end."--PIPELINE (UK) -- Read the full Review!

"Phenomenal...looking for a soundtrack to life?--here it is"--N.E.PERFORMER

Four Piece Suit at The Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival--ARTS AROUND BOSTON

"Rolls along like a high powered Pontiac on California asphalt."--BOSTON PHOENIX

"Ten Best"--BOSTON HERALD

"...music that's so retro that it's totally hip again."--CAPE COD TIMES -- Read the full review!

 "... Four Piece Suit can really play..." --THE CAPE CODDER -- Read the full Review!

 " a frothy pop cocktail--two parts lounge music, one part swing, served with a smile." -- THE WASHINGTON POST -- Read the full Review!

"...from 007-sound bites to the surf, swing and mambo rhythms."--Daily Eqyptian -- Read the full review!

KFJC new album review (June 5, 1996):

Ostensibly a lounge act, there's a lot of really cool big surf guitar and gnarly Steve Douglas sax lines. I think they are from Boston. "A Shot In The Dark" is the opener. It has more cool than Henry "Hodad" Mancini ever imagined. The guitar is big and sustained, and the sax is way-cool. Peter Gunn meets the Pink Panther in a surf tavern. "Mondo Bondo" features sitar guitar tones. It's groovy. "Jam Up" is a jump blues number with considerable infectiousness. "Theme From Exodus" is covered better than any except maybe the Halibuts & the Lively Ones. It's big, VERY cool, and has an incredible grin on it's face...a Blue Hawaiians feel. "Something For Cat" is a really jazzy lounge number. "Kolme Kitaraa" has a definite Euro Laika & the Cosmonauts feel about it, but retains the 4PS (Four Piece Suit) identity. "Strip Search" rocks in a Lost Wages sleazy way with plucky guitar and great stereo sax (via delay?). "Walter and Conny" reminds me of what might occur if James Bond met up with Kraan in Conny Plank's legendary studio. Really intriguing tune. "In Pain In Paris" plays around with the hot summer night smoky New York bar sound. "El Cumbanchero" features an unusual sax/guitar duel lead - a very cool and jazzy thing. "Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue)" uses sax lead with big guitar with a sort of Austin sound, and, yes, it is the Neil Young song! "Rambunctious" and "Louisiana Lover" are a blues tunes. "Human Jungle" is like "A Shot In The Dark" with a sax lead. "Dark Eyes" is a totally sax thing

.-Phil Dirt