“Stripped down and un-amplified, the Lawn Chair Kings are just as fun, just as quirky, and just as killer.”-Bryant Liggett, KDUR

“...There’s decades of music fandom amongst the members, as a love of Camper Van Beethoven and The Meat Puppets is as equal to a love of Doc Watson and The Osborne Brothers, and all of that comes out whether plugged in

“Stripped down and un-amplified, the Lawn Chair Kings are just as fun, just as quirky, and just as killer.”-Bryant Liggett, KDUR

“...There’s decades of music fandom amongst the members, as a love of Camper Van Beethoven and The Meat Puppets is as equal to a love of Doc Watson and The Osborne Brothers, and all of that comes out whether plugged in or not. The acoustic version of the Lawn Chair Kings gives fans a chance to dig the lyrics of Nordstrom; you’ll find yourself climbing into his world of alien abduction, the acquisition of some cheap beer and the pursuit of the perfect punk rock show. No fluff. No predictable, Centennial State band rehashing of snow covered mountains and frosty rivers, as this is for the weirdos on Colfax or the punk-rock loving Durango 40-somethings taking a pull of a mini of fireball ready to become a lyric in Nordstrom’s next song.” -Bryant Liggett, DGO Magazine & KDUR

"The Lawn Chair Kings have morphed from garage rock to alternative country to bluegrassy Americana in their 17-year career. Quite simply, they’re the best bar band in town. They held the release party for their fourth record, “Virtually Acoustic,” last Saturday at the Ranch. The album was recorded in Erik Nordstrom’s scary basement a few years back. Ever since Patrick Dressen joined on drums and mandolin, they’ve mastered the subtleties of an acoustic set. Dressen is a four-decade veteran of the Durango bluegrass wars with such bands as the Badly Bent, Heart & Soul and, for you old-timers, the Marmot Mudflaps. Factor in ace-in-the-hole Hap Purcell on banjo and newcomer Alissa Wolf (fiddle, although the “Virtually Acoustic” recordings happened before she joined LCK), and you have the makings of a bluegrass tour de force. Anyone who has sat around or joined campground picks at Pagosa festivals in re- cent years knows that Nordstrom is an acoustic guitarist well- versed in classic bluegrass. And Dan Leek’s transition from electric bass to the doghouse has been remarkably seamless. Highlights from the disc includes “Rock and Roll Feelin’ in My Heart,” “Big Day in the City” (which features Robin Davis on fiddle) and “Alien Abductee.” The latter has been in the group’s repertoire since the beginning, first appearing on a hard-to-find radio EP called “Suburban Rock Favorites” and remaining a popular request at their shows ever since." -Chris Aaland, The Durango Telegraph

(as translated by Google): "Again a little difficult label to remember this ... After all this band from Durango shows itself than we on this fourth album in a slightly different side were used. The band had some personnel changes and evolved since about the album is recorded one year to five -al for the arrival of fiddler Alissa Wolf grades came amping the rock and punk approach of the previous records temporarily late in the closet and venturing into an almost acoustic setting to tunes that are rolled in country and bluegrass, and thus belong to the folk. However there is very little change to the pointed lyrics of frontman Erik Nordstrom and vocal harmonies sound still as committed as at the time of eg. "Lawn Chair Kings II" from three years ago. Ten songs are on this CD and which are, as far as I could tell that all the work of Nordstrom and they are in that "classic" that they in terms of instrumentation, vocals and ambience right look from the bluegrass to tribes. That means that the instrumental interventions Banjo Hap Purcell and the rhythm parts of drummer Patrick Dressen and bassist Dan Seemed rather refer to Bill Monroe than to Camper Van Beethoven, however the biggest impact of the tire, according to Nordstrom itself. In terms of feeling and intensity, we are again in the punk: you're a musician yourself as obliged to give you one hundred percent in a song, with less can not be satisfied. This attitude leads, along with the excellent song material to a festive image you 32 minutes hips or toetappend takes you on a tour that stops in places where "Who Drink All That Beer" is sung, which, like "Unrequited Love" Commander Cody could have been. With 5 minutes 11 seconds, "Got What You Need" length champion of the plate and the text about a young girl who has lost both literally and figuratively the road and enters eenmilieu that you do not wish for your daughter, a definite highlight. This is great songwriting, at least to my ears. The bittersweet "She Is not My Girl" is almost the antithesis of the Beatles' "She's a Woman" and "Little Me" reminds me again and again thinking of Jonathan Richman. In my musical scale horse is not at all a bad reference. The closing Song 4 U link I again Todd Snider and I think the least wrong. So what to think of this album as a whole? Super innovative is certainly not, but the record does provide a completely different view of a tire, which we had previously set aside a bit of a genre that is no longer ours. With this approach, they find themselves again and I must say that if I would see announced a concert of them, I would rush to the box office for a ticket. Some Youtube videos jive concerts confirm Lawn Chair Kings most rewarding wages to be watched and listened to; This record certainly does not say the opposite because she is witty, danceable, played well and sufficiently varied to captivate from beginning to end." -Dani Heyvaert, Rootstime (Belgium)