"Take equal parts of George Harrison's pop rock ethereality, the sweet side of Paul Westerberg's songwriting and the sleek classicist rock'n'roll of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and you have a hint at the riches within Kevin Carroll's Tourmaline. It's a seductive tour de force that plays more and more like one of your all-time favorite albums

"Take equal parts of George Harrison's pop rock ethereality, the sweet side of Paul Westerberg's songwriting and the sleek classicist rock'n'roll of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and you have a hint at the riches within Kevin Carroll's Tourmaline. It's a seductive tour de force that plays more and more like one of your all-time favorite albums every time you spin it."

• Rob Patterson
  Veteran music journalist