Meagan Day Evan Gadowski Mike Cashin Will Barry
(bass, backing vocals) (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) (drums, percussion) (lead guitar, harmonica)
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"Unsettling, ominous, grim, and dark...It's bruise-colored skies and dim rooms, rain-slicked alleys, rancorous endings and doomed beginnings. If that doesn't grab you, what does?"
— Camille Barichello, Music Savage
"Four Point Restraints sounds like the type of band one Quentin Tarentino would know about. Actually, scratch that: Four Point Restraints sounds like a Tarentino movie, mixing tongue-in-cheek theatrics with guitars building on that Link Wray, 1950′s vibe. Sound confusing? It’s not. It’s good."
— Sean McCabe, Dig Boston
"They’re a little bit rockabilly. They’re a little theatric. They’re a little cynical. A mix of country, cabaret, and macabre." — Joel Simches, The Noise
"On the one hand, they were stylistically nearly as all over the map as Tom Waits. On the other hand, every sound they toyed with stank of whiskey and gunsmoke and general fuck-it-all hard living." —Nick Cox, Allston Pudding
"The Restraints have thus far left their youthful rock rambunctiousness with early comparisons to Visual Audio Sensory Theatre and The Pixies and graduated to the intellectual rhetoric and reach of richly scoped performance-art such as Velvet Underground and early Floyd. However, there’s still a little bit of Morrison and the Doors in lead singer Evan Gadowski’s expletives and threats. In any case, the fostering of instrumental and vocal relationships shine through even in the recordings. The scale of delving into an English Literature professor’s whims with Flowers of Evil, and touching down on the awesome power of a sailor’s fists with Dead Reckoning is a crevasse that this popular band easily traverses." — Sanjeev Selvarajah, The Somerville News
"You would expect from listening to The Four Point Restraints’ EP “Mercy,” that they are a band of shipwrecked stowaways who made their way to America with a crew of cutthroats, thieves, and raging whiskey drinkers on a journey filled with heartbreak, despair, backstabbing, and murdering. Well, you’re right. 'Mercy' is the culmination of musicianship, beauty, love, loss, and life that the Four have come across over the years. I’ve listened to “Mercy” at least fifty times since I picked it up a few months ago. It’s one of the most listenable albums I’ve ever bought and it’s very well produced and recorded. I never want to pull “Mercy” out of my CD player when it plays for the third time on repeat (oh the joys of driving a ’97 Subaru wagon), nor do I want to change the playlist consisting of the album, plus “Casualty” six more times. I heavily recommend this album, and definitely go see the Four Point Restraints live!" — Joe Renken, Joe Renken Has A Blog
“The music of Four Point Restraints blends the raw power of rock with the nuances of a Celtic or folk band. They give an impassioned, intense performance that doesn’t demand attention: they come right up and take it. “Casualty” takes it all the way to 11, while “Night Shift” slows things down a bit, the style easy to absorb and enjoy. As the set comes to a close, the band chooses “Dead Reckoning” as the final song, and I am so damn glad that they do. The music is like a jaunty pirate tune, and without a doubt my favorite. I’m singing along to this one, and my fist pumps to the chorus. Happens every time.” — Max Bowen, The Noise
"Being recorded live and on the air doesn’t leave much room for error, and these cats really pull it off well. They play punk and post-punk with folk, surf, blues, vaudeville and psychedelic influences, and each song’s arrangement starts with guitar intros that are good examples of how they try to create imagery and atmosphere with their music. In “A Western Hymn,” the opening licks sound like they are capturing the feel of a violent John Ford Western movie and even like some Cormac McCarthy novels. In fact, a lot of their songs seem fitting for pulp film soundtracks. You can hear The Pixies, The Smiths, Tom Waits, Jello Biafra and Captain Beefheart in their music. Attention all ears: stay tuned for their next studio release." — AJ Wachtel, The Noise
"Mercy is an ambitious EP for this unsigned band that has already set itself apart in the music universe. Their fans will no doubt be cranking the volume to these snappy songs." — Ashley Magown, The Noise
"The music is twangy, off key 'been-done-before-better grunge' with adolescent naval [sic] gazing lyrics that are poorly written, so I get it, you guys need the 'shocking' press...sad." — Catherine H, "sweet and caring teacher and mom," internet troll
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