Fort Lean write big, anthemic rock songs, and they play the hell out of them. Stakes are high. They want to be Oasis. They want to be Springsteen. They want to be U2. My guess is they will be, and here's why: Fort Lean don't want people to "kinda like" them. They want to be a girl's first crush. They want college kids to make bad life decisions based on misinterpretations of their lyrics. They want to write the song you dance to with your second wife on the night of your wedding to your first wife. When your son moves to whatever the new Bushwick is in twenty years, and when he calls you, crying, to report he just got shook down by a bunch of punk kids, Fort Lean want you to smile to yourself and think of that line from "Sunsick": "Get-tin' mugged by chil-drennn!!"

"Three or four decades ago, Fort Lean would have been a mainstream success spawning emulators. Nowadays it's a one of one, not that anyone should bother trying to compete." - The New York Times

"wistfully melodic jam that leans back into the hazy glory days of '70s Southern rock" – MTV

"Fort Lean departs from the jangly lo-fi vibes of its previous releases to a crisp, production-fueled arena rock sound" - A.V. Club