...This quartet is loud, it is dense, there are soaring guitars, and nearly every element of the band's sound harkens back to Kansas City's bombastic indie rock days. There is no sense that band is aping its heroes, it is merely continuing their legacy...
...Make no mistake: Waiting for Signal is pure rock -- heavy, dark, and adrenalized -- but unlike most overdriven, testosterone-fueled acts, their sound is also well-crafted and deliberate. Drawing inspiration from Queens of the Stone Age, Interpol, Failure, Dredg, and KC heroes Shiner and Season to Risk, W4S bolsters their songs with thick, chunky chords, queasy guitar lines, and refreshingly strange melodies...
…Waiting for Signal treads in riffy, glossy, darkly tinted hard rock, the kind that packs a killer combo amp and pedal board resembling a Soviet submarine factory. The trio of Gene Abramov, Ryan Bates and Brent Kastler (plus a rotating drummer seat rivaling Spinal Tap’s) can play the hell out of their instruments, and they know how to translate that into a radio-ready record. The EP's strongest track is the opener, "Sign of the Times," which recalls Queens of the Stone Age and Muse with its taut riffs and king-sized chorus…
...The Catastrophe EP, has some attention-getting moments that prove these four fellows are hardly fresh-faced when it comes to adrenalized rock music in the vein of Shiner and Season to Risk...
The Pitch / Village Voice Media - 2008