“Dressner comes across as understated, almost demure, making her poignant lyrics seem all the more telling. Fortunately, she’s an artist worth seeking out." iTunes US "Dressner... has an assured and individual voice, sweet but strong. She reminds me a bit of Kimya Dawson and Hop Along, but they're both more whimsical, less direct. Singing about uncertainty, "I'll look for you in me" is one of the more simple and powerful lines on loss that I've heard in a song." Becky Varley-Winter - For Folk's Sake "Another lovely lady... bringing with her a healthy slice of Americana twee. Fans of Jenny Lewis will certainly go in for the cute melodies of debut album Strangers Who Knew Each Other’s Names, but that’s not the only charm lurking under the wash of sound found within. All served up to you with a decent chunk of whipped cream and banoffee pie: too much and you’ll have a heart attack, too little and you’ll turn into a bitter old hag." Tiffany Daniels - Drunken Werewolf "With a saccharine voice and an intricate musicality, her delicate sound ends up resonating like an alt-country hybrid of Jessica Lea Mayfield, She & Him, Gillian Welch and Maia Vidal." Huw Oliver - DIY "Multiple listens are rewarded." Keith Creighton - Popdose "...a name to watch for!" Alex - Folk Radio UK "... sweet and easy to listen to..."Nell McLeod - Sound On Sound “Her music is both whimsical and melancholic, with a fantastic voice that reminds me a little of Jessica Lea Mayfield - that great combination of beauty and sadness." Listen Up Manchester “With a debut album full of charming pop songs that recall British bands like Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian as much as the American songwriters who first inspired her to write music, she could probably move to a small village in one of the less fashionable parts of Mongolia and still make a favourable impression." Jonathan - Lazy Brighton Ruth hasn’t stopped rabbiting on about Annie Dressner this week! And it’s thoroughly understandable as Annie couldn’t be more perfectly current if she was delivered all neatly gift-wrapped to the gates of a huge advertising company, complete with a label saying “use me for your adverts and I’ll make you millions”. Amazing Radio "Annie Dressner... impressed with her eloquent songs and pure vocal style. She made a favourable impression on the Cluny faithful.” Maurice Hope - Jumpin' Hot Club "Her vocal performance was particularly lovely this evening, lending rich tone and personality to her emotive songs. Annie manages to bring her experiences to life for an audience. Somehow, the heaviness of some of the subject matter (Loss, Death) manages to free rather than oppress the listener.." Wesley Freeman-Smith - Slate The Disco "Annie Dressner is a siren; not in a metaphorical entertainment writer speak sort of way, but in a literal "I think she has some magic in her" sort of way." Daniel F. Kent - Examiner "Now here's a gal we can root for. A singer of plucky can-do folk-pop tunes-some electric, others acoustic-Dressner loves, loses and wakes up in Brooklyn bars wearing painter's caps. She takes it all in stride, staying silly and sweet in a sourpuss world." M Music & Musicians Magazine "Overall a solid debut, with each melody a showcase for Annie’s authentic emotions.” Highly Recommended - Power Popaholic "Her debut album... all underpinned by a distinctive, charmingly warm vocal style… The result is an album full of songs that are lyrically evocative, yearning and unstintingly honest…" Alistair McCluskey - Explorer "Her quirky style and what I call "a smile in the voice" are just like a good honest talk with a friend." Anna Harris - Café Yak “She's done a hell of a job convincing this listener." Jack Goodstein - Blogcritics "Annie Dressner’s voice has a twilight poignancy, this majestic loneliness, and nowhere on her forthcoming release Strangers Who Knew Each Others Names is that more true than on its title track." Nick DeRiso - Something Else Reviews "like sitting with a good friend in a corner booth over a beer, as Dressner details her life in song." Wildy Haskell - Wildy's World "Annie’s confessional quirkiness hooks you in at first listen, and her sweet voice and the lush, layered production will have you pressing “repeat” She’s got that thing." Heather Rodriguez - Lyrical Venus, KRUUFM "The album flows very smoothly with the combination of low-key acoustic instrumentation and the innocence of Annie's voice. Jim Pasinski - The Record Journal "Lyrics like 'I felt more love than I felt in years/it’s nice to know that it still appears sometimes' show that its not all doom and gloom and that Dressner is a fan of the simple things, true love and words of truth." Jon - The Monograph "...this is an album filled with potential and promise for this talented artist. After receiving fantastic reviews upon its general release last year, it’s taken me a whole year to find her and thank god I have." Elliott Quantrill