--Reviews for A Family Portrait --

"Dynamic songwriting and crafty arrangements set the majority of songs apart from their other storied brethren. Indie pop with sugar-sweet harmonies from the vocal department is but one building block for this gifted split album. Each band plays off of one another so well that it’s a saccharine delight of melody and indie intelligence. Pick it up for sure."
Smother.net | Read Full Review

"Too clever by half and melodic to the point of being cloying, there's just something addictive about these songs. Very cool. A good split. These bands contrast well with each other, and the combined contributions make for a fun album."
Aiding & Abetting | Read Full Review

"The Chris And Joylene Show/Pupa's Window split cd was added to my review pile recently, and I was really fond of the latter's side of it."
Indiepages.com

"Good record, [Pupa's Window sounds like] Seldon Plan plus Amanset"
Palebear.com

“Do you know how you look when you sleep my love? Breathing rhythm into my heart when you sleep my love.” Love poetry to go with the soft guitars, percussion and voices. The chorus of whipped cream adds other musical flavors to keep this exciting pop record listenable over and over."
Eartaste.com

“Pupa’s Window has a melodic acoustic sound with a bit of synth. I would liken them to a nerdy Death Cab for Cutie. The songs are catchy...With 8 tracks represented on this release, I enjoyed just about all of them, especially “Grainy Film Summers”, “Whipped Cream” and “Penna State Line”. Anyway, if you pick up this CD...you will like what you hear."
The Chickenfish Speaks

"The bulk of A Family Portrait belongs to Pupa’s Window, a low-fi indie-pop string of love songs punctuated by Michael Nestor’s presence-filled voice. He shifts from an apt, if only slightly nasal, tenor to a lovely falsetto without a second thought, enlivening his eight compact tracks. Pupa’s Window mingles the sounds of Pedro the Lion and The World Inside (Jessie Sprinkle’s late-90’s acoustic project) with ooh’s and ahh’s, claps and infectious rhythms.

The songs themselves are so simple you nearly overlook the lyrics, getting lost in the sheer pleasure of listening to them. They trace love and life like many songs; nothing incredibly unexpected, but nothing unnecessary either. From the instantly sing-able chorus on “Whipped Cream”: “It’s like whipped cream and good things/You’re the sunrise in my best dreams”, wed to an easy rhythm guitar to the folksy drum and guitar pairing on “1983 was a Good Year,” Nestor’s found a virtue in simplicity on A Family Portrait; uncommon territory for much of today’s music.

I loved how Nestor backed himself up on vocals, and the fact that he played, or programmed, in the case of some drum tracks, the entire album himself makes his portion of A Family Portrait all the more impressive. Pupa’s Window left me smiling, tapping my feet, and wanting more."
Independent Clauses | Read Full Review

--Reviews for An Audiography of Prohibited Sounds--

"Side two, the Pupas Window side, seems more obtuse at first, but then gradually begins to open up and draw the listener into the very personal and compelling world of Michael Nestor. In the end, this is a record that sticks with you and begs repeated listening. Anyone who takes the time to track down a copy of this unique record will definitely find his efforts rewarded with something increasingly rare and special: music that is as intensely personal as it is strange and different."
- Left Off The Dial

"A veritable garden of indie delights. Hushed and noisy, organic and machine-like, contemplative and volatile, An Audiography of Prohibited Sounds is the kind of record home-recording equipment was made to produce."
- Splendid E-Zine

--Reviews for Lost Voice, Found Voice: Repeat--

"“The electronic drums are so interesting to hear in contrast
with the warm folk/emo tones. The first song brought me to
tears when I listened to the album... this is amazing music.”
- Rachel Thompson, UVA Sentinel

"Repeat feels and moves with early Folk Implosion/Elliott Smith intimacy... [One of] the best-kept indie-pop songwriter secrets in the city."
- The Baltimore City Paper

--Reviews for pupa's window vs. Private Eleanor 7"--

"Think Radiohead on one-one-hundredth of the budget... It's depressingly beautiful, achingly sentimental...all that good stuff."
- Splendid e-zine

--Misc Reviews--