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THE NEWARK ACT, RECENTLY NAMED THE NEXT BIG LOCAL BAND BY SPARK MAGAZINE, HAS BEEN SLOWLY GAINING A FOLLOWING THANKS TO THEIR MATURE ATMOSPHERIC ROCK SOUND THAT FANS OF NEIL YOUNG, MY MORNING JACKET OR FLEET FOXES WILL GOBBLE UP.....IN SHORT, THEY ARE MAKING MUSIC UNLIKE ANY OTHER DELAWARE BAND THESE DAYS, AND THEY'RE BUILDING A REPUTATION BOTH IN DELAWARE AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME STATE. - RYAN CORMIER THE NEWS JOURNAL DELAWARE'S MOST PROMISING AND TALKED-ABOUT BAND PLAYED WELL BEYOND THEIR SURROUNDINGS, THEIR AUDIENCE, AND THEIR OWN SOUND. SOMETHING TRANSCENDENT TOOK PLACE THAT NIGHT THAT HAS COME TO DEFINE THE AMERICAN BUFFALO EXPERIENCE, AND IT WASN'T THE FIRST, OR LAST, TIME IT'S HAPPENED. ON PAPER AMERICAN BUFFALO MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FOUR-PIECE ROCK BAND PLAYING MUSIC YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE. YET THEY'VE EXPOSED SOMETHING WITHIN THEIR DYNAMIC THAT MAKES WHAT THEY DO SO MUCH BIGGER THAN WHAT THEY ARE." -MICHAEL POLLOCK / OUT AND ABOUT CHANCES ARE, IF YOU HAVE SPENT ANY AMOUNT OF TIME DIPPING INTO THE MUSIC SCENE IN NEWARK OR WILMINGTON, YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH AMERICAN BUFFALO. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE THESE GUYS PLAY LIVE WILL ALSO KNOW THAT THEY WIELD AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO ROCK THE VENUE AS A TIGHT LIVE ACT. SEVERAL EARLY NUMBERS, SUCH AS TRAIN TRACKS, EXEMPLIFY THE BAND'S HEAVIER SIDE. IN MORE RECENT CUTS, THE GROUP DEMONSTRATES ITS MUSICAL BREADTH. IN LAKE SHORE SONG, LOFTY VOCAL HARMONIZATION AND A STEADY CRESCENDO OF INSTRUMENTATI