“On Full Hand, the Indiana-based Hoops member vaguely faces the struggle between queerness and religion”
“It makes sense to learn that Kevin Krauter’s formative music experiences came at home sitting in front of MTV and VH1, in a time when Smash Mouth, Third Eye Blind and Sugar Ray were all on A-list rotation. Those types of influences are instantly detectable in the Indiana songwriter’s second album (he’s also bass player in the band Hoops), much more so than his engaging debut album Toss Up in 2018.”
“The Indiana musician Kevin Krauter makes sunny, nostalgic shoegaze with some pleasing arrangements but not a lot of specificity.”
