Read the full review here.

Aarktica leader Jon DeRosa steps up with a limited edition four-song EP influenced by Robert Wyatt, and the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan with hints of Spiritualized and Echo and The Bunnymen. The title cut unfolds at a heroic saunter, the melody haunting, uplifting, enigmatic. Joined by percussionist Sam Lazzara, whose presence is as integral to “Snow Coffin” as DeRosa’s own, plus cellist Julia Kent, violinist Claudia Chopek and several other players, Anchored never wavers from excellence. Some never write four songs of consequence in their entire careers; DeRosa has delivered that many in one sitting. The Nick Drake-cum-Scott Walker “Ladies In Love” suggests we have plenty to look forward to once DeRosa releases his first solo full length album later this year. – Jedd Beaudoin, PopMatters

A few press items of interest this week, including a nice little sit-down discussion between Jon DeRosa and the great Tobias Carrol of Volume 1 Brooklyn, where they talk about some of Jon's past projects (read: Aarktica, Pale Horse and Rider), current reading, and how to pull off covering Danzig: The cardinal sin of cover songs is: Don’t cover a song if 1) it’s already perfect the way it is or 2) you can’t make it better, or at least more interesting than the original. That’s why I will never be able to cover Harry Nilsson. Read the entire interview here: http://vol1brooklyn.com/2011/10/04/band-booking-jon-derosa/.

Another notable bit of press comes from the beloved long-standing UK publication Terrascope, who reviews DeRosa's new Anchored EP: The title track is a dirgy lament that echoes The Cure and Echo and The Bunnymen at their most introspective, with perhaps a touch of Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized project trickling through. Read the entire review here.

Author Karolina Waclawiak stops by Sara Gran and Megan Abbott’s Medicine Show to discuss “Murder, In Song,” an exploration of murder ballads. Included is an examination of “Ladies In Love” from the Anchored EP.

Schmid’s chilling proclamation that “ladies should never fall in love,” is sung sweetly, like a lullaby by DeRosa. And Schmid’s poetic line about women’s voices “being like small animals waiting to be fed” is seemingly easier to take here, layered and somber…

Read the full article here: http://abbottgran.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/murder-in-song/

Nice review of Anchored at UK site Leonard’s Lair: http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/review-jon-derosa-anchored/

Sometimes it seems lazy to compare artists to similar acts but at other times it would be almost irresponsible not to mention it. So whether it’s by acident or design, it’s almost impossible not to make comparisons between Jon DeRosa and Richard Hawley, even though these performers hail from Brooklyn and Sheffield, respectively.

DeRosa has been better known as frontman for drone-pop act Aarktica for over a decade. Due to its limited release, ‘Anchored’ may not change that situation but whether this is a brief side project or not, there is a wonderful voice here which simply demands to be heard.