Here’s a little review we got in Rift Magazine, a music zine here in the Twin Cities.”On the inside cover of Apparently Nothing’s album ‘Sprawl,’ a picture shows the band rocking out at some festival in Wisonsin with the audience lifting their arms in the air, giving the appropriate devil horn salute; it generally looks like a rockin’ good time. And that is exactly what ‘Sprawl’ sounds like: a rockin’ good time. I can’t say these guys are the next big thing, but I can say they pack a lot of hard rocking riffs for four lads from Wisconsin. There’s a lot of Foo Fighters/Darkness-type songwriting going on, part pop and part hard rock, which makes for some nice head-bopping tunes. But like the Foos, the vocal performances are basically just average. This is not to say Aaron Shekey can’t sing, because he can, it’s just not a very distinct voice. But I think the music would suffer if he had a voice that outshined the rock ‘n roll romp of the band, particularly the performance of drummer Layne Knutson. As far as stand out songs, I totally dug the power chord and wild lead guitar opening of “On and On.” I got a good chuckle out of “I Don’t Get You,” which took me on an adrenaline cruise through the Midwest. The sleazy peaked at 11, New York Dolls-esque guitar solos on “I Gotta Be” rocked my socks off and “A Life Undone” concluded the disc with a nice bluesy Black Crowes-like feel. Yes, these Wisconsin boys have the energy and talent to bring the masses to their sound. My hope for them is they keep up the intensity, continue to challenge themselves as songwriters and never lose the spirit they embody on this kick-ass disc.” -Nelson Heise