08.06 - Seattle Sound Magazine. Seattle, WA
By, PAUL PEARSON

The Plains
The Boy in the Mansuit

Possibly Seattle’s least apathetic songwriter, Aaron A. Semer risks the house with almost every song on The Plains’ second self-released album.  His informed takes on societal ills and personal afflictions come from the same dark place; his enraged civic discourses balance with more poetic, private reflections.  The real story, though, is this album’s robust roots sound: The Plains switch between Crazy Horse fury and panoramic pedal steel worthy of Uncle Tupelo.  A relentless, superior album.