Listing Dry the River as one of the "100 Best Things in the World Right Now," British GQ called their debut album SHALLOW BED "a masterpiece in the making, packed with catchy riffs and overlaid with lyrical intelligence." the BBC recently highlighted Dry the River as one of the "Sounds of 2012," while Q Magazine called the bands music "breathtaking stuff." They might look like another 21st Century folk group, with their beards and acoustic instrumentation (even a violin), but they describe their music as "folky gospel music played by a post-punk band."