"McManus is one of New York's latest guitar heroes" -allaboutjazz.com
"I am convinced he represents a new voice on the instrument." -Gerry Hemingway
"All great guitarists find a voice inside the instrument, but Terrence McManus hit on an entirely new language."
-Gambit (New Orleans)
"...rich, unconscious empathy......language that takes in everything from free and Noise to the cheery alt rock" -The Wire (UK)
"Each of these five brief tracks are sketches of ideas and platforms for McManus' improvisations and extended techniques. Technique, as they say, on loan from God." -allaboutjazz.com
"...subtle, highly textural..." -Time Out New York
"...an improvisational guitarist who's constantly looking for new, unexpected ways to
make music...He comes off like a 21st century extension of Brian Eno..." -The Trenton Times
"a penchant for shifting between pure sound exploration and instant composition—a species of improvisation that's willing to engage with form and genre—across a broad dynamic range." -Chicago Reader
"McManus is a guitar explorer, drawing on both traditional and extended techniques in a style that’s nonetheless distinctively pared down, at once emotive, intense and vocal." -pointofdeparture.org
"exploring a sonic vocabulary that amalgamates the cool minimalism of a sonic cloud chamber with bursts of the impassioned poetry of a seasoned flamenco or blues practitioner and raw, fascinating sounds drawn from light industry and scientific inquiry or inspired by deep nature. " -The New York City Jazz Record
"...this performance was hot with its own life force." -The New York Times
"...ringing, resounding music, full of life..." -Cadence Magazine
"...really in a great direction! Great to hear." -John Abercrombie
"This guy is on to something new, just like I said about Dave Douglas 20 years ago." -Kermit Driscoll
"McManus is a product of the free-formish improvisational jazz scene and he is able to run with the best of that pack...this kind of freewheeling, minimalist improvisational style is a potent mix of jazz, classical and rock. Drawing equally from Jimi Hendrix, Steve Reich and Derek Bailey, McManus and company seem hell-bent on not only creating a unique group sound, but also redefining the role and accepted notions of their respective instruments." -All About Jazz New York