“ “★★★★” Taking the approach of all great psychedelic rockers,Tadpoles & producer, Kramer, treat
the studio like a playground, crafting mini symphonies from layers of weird guitars, six-string fuzz bass and impressionistic vocals. Its a heady mix that deserves to disorient a much wider audience.”
–ROLLING STONE (Jim DeRogatis, May 30, 1996) “ ...like a kinder, gentler Monster Magnet touched up with a bit of classic Doors-like themes”
–MAGNET (Gina Bittner, #24, ‘96) “...a psychedelic trio from Hoboken, NJ, who have released two killer indie guitar albums”
–GUITAR WORLD (May 1997)
“...this Hoboken band takes out the tricks of Sonic Boom,Wayne Kramer, and even something from the Strawberry Alarm Clock to mold a guitar geek’s landscape of mesmerizing chords and pulsing rhythms..” –CARBON 14(Kevin McDonough, #9, ‘96)
“Far Out is an almost flawless psychedelic album on which every song is about as good as the next one...one of the better American CDs of ‘96” –CROHINGA WELL (Belgium-#13 ‘May 1997)
“With the Lilys giving up the Loop drone for early Syd Barrett psycho-pop,Tadpoles may be the American claimants of the space-rock crown.” –FACE MAGAZINE (Seth Berner, Feb. 1997)
“the full on execution makes them more Blue Cheer than Love, and the quieter space rock passages give up a countrified nod in the direction of Up on the Sun era, Meat Puppets and Syd’s Pink Floyd...they get further and further out to an alternate universe where Kramer produces million-selling records and Gibby is president.” –EXCLAIM! (Neil Exall,Toronto, Oct.‘96)
“If Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch bought a vintage theater, enveloped the giant screen in fuzz, cut the lights, and put Tones on Tail, Syd Barrett, the Swans, and the Jesus and Mary Chain on the balcony- then handed out the shrooms-you would be close to experiencing the Tadpoles.” –EYE (Lisa Crosby, #9 ‘97)
“Far Out by Hoboken-based Tadpoles is the latest gem wearing the Shimmy Disc producer’s imprint. Thrashy psych abounds with Spacemen 3 and 13th Floor Elevators influence just winning on points” -MOJO (UK, June 1996)
“Tadpoles specialize in stoned-out psychedelic jams...” –OCULUS ( Frank Tantilla, June 1996)
“remind me of Syd Barrett doing doughnuts in the grocery store parking lot...” –JERSEY BEAT (Greg Matherly,August 1996)“

“Their sound is at times almost erotic, yet intimately fierce and always mesmerizing...a modern day continuation of a Barrett-run Floyd” –BRAIN DAMAGE (Jeff Jensen, Nov. 1996)
“pure old-school guitar psychedelia-loud electric psych...it is hard not to be floored by the sheer wall of fuzz bass and droning, wah-wha-ing guitar that one is confronted with on Far Out” –POP CULTURE PRESS (Matt Murphy, #59 July ‘96)
“guaranteed to swirl in your head long after your buzz wears off...” –UNDERBELLY (Nov.‘96)
Various - Far Out Reviews- Highlights (1996)
"4 STARS" - Tadpoles - Far Out

In these days of alternativerock mania, when groups that have played three gigs sign million-dollar deals, the bands that labor on indie labels come in two varieties: those doing something so perversely unlistenable that no one else will release it and those less interested in careerism than in following their own quirky muses. The Hoboken, N.J., trio Tadpoles fall into the latter category.
There's a timeless quality to the band's second do-it- yourself album: Tunes such as "Feel Like a Freak" and "At Least I'm Not Like Jonathan Carver" are equally influenced by Syd Barrett, the 13th Floor Elevators, My Bloody Valentine and the Flaming Lips. Taking the approach of all great psychedelic rockers, Tadpoles and producer Kramer (Bongwater, Galaxie 500) treat the studio like a playground, crafting minisymphonies from layers of weird guitars, six-string fuzz bass and impressionistic vocals. It's a heady mix that deserves to disorient a much wider audience.
Jim DeRogatis - Rolling Stone (May 30, 1996)