"McManus is one of New York's latest guitar heroes" -allaboutjazz.com
"I am convinced he represents a new voice on the instrument." -Gerry Hemingway
"All great guitarists find a voice inside the instrument, but Terrence McManus hit on an entirely new language." -Gambit (New Orleans)
"...rich, unconscious empathy......language that takes in everything" -The Wire (UK)
"Each of these five brief tracks are sketches of ideas and platforms for McManus' improvisations and extended techniques. Technique, as they say, on loan from God." -allaboutjazz.com
"a species of improvisation that's willing to engage with form and genre—across a broad dynamic range."-Chicago Reader
"McManus is a guitar explorer, drawing on both traditional and extended techniques in a style that’s nonetheless distinctively pared down, at once emotive, intense and vocal." -pointofdeparture.org
"...this performance was hot with its own life force." -The New York Times
"...ringing, resounding music, full of life..." -Cadence Magazine
"...really in a great direction! Great to hear." -John Abercrombie
"...this performance was hot with its own life force" -The New York Times
"McManus is always there with just the right sound..." -All About Jazz NY
"This guy is on to something new, just like I said about Dave Douglas 20 years ago."
-Kermit Driscoll