Sandeigh Barrett talks in a slow Texas drawl and croons like a punked-out babe
caught crushing on Hank Williams. This isn’t your ma’s country—hell, it ain’t
even today’s country—but it is a sincere banjo-plucking, bass-thumping,
dance-hall good time that’ll lyrically break your heart and help you glue it back
together.

—Moovers and Shakers 2006 Westword/Tuyet Nguyen

Confidence radiates from badpenny, a brawny three-piece fronted by Sandeigh Barrett.
The likes of “Half Way Gone” and “Waste of Time” (which most certainly isn’t) rock
in a no-jive manner that pays dividends with each repeat listen. Such a strategy
only works if a band’s got the goods. This one does.

—Moovers and Shakers 2005 Westword/Michael Roberts