Seattle Sound Magazine July 2006
Stuporhero - "It Would Be Nice To Wake Up"
Meet Stuporhero-a husband, a wife who kept her maiden name, and a mannequin known as Chuckles-the newst self-declared "fuzz-pop" band in town.  Stuporhero's debut full-length of accessible pop covers everything from bookworms to zombies...will summon those who want to listen to enjoyable songs that clock in under three minutes.  DANIEL BRANTLEY

www.threeimaginarygirls.com  June 2006  
Stuporhero - "It Would Be Nice To Wake Up" {6.5}
Comprised of husband and wife team Will Troy and Jen Garrett, plus their creepy mannequin drummer (and, I like to imagine, surrogate child) Chuckles, Stuporhero plays the kind of easy-going, fun, occasionally quite striking indie-rock that causes the listener to feel they have been sucked back to a really awesome summer day in 1994 when you could smoke some bad weed and ride around in your friend's Geo Metro listening to a cool tape of a band you had seen the night before that nobody else had ever heard of and feel without guilt like you had accomplished your bit for the day.

Obvious touch-points that come across in terms of influences would be Neutral Milk Hotel, the straight-forward fuzz pop of Guided By Voices, and the goofy lyrics and self-effacement of early Flaming Lips, all tempered with a strong sense of song-writing economy that more than likely springs from Troy and Garrett's stint in local punk band Tarantulada. The couple have great, breezy cool chemistry in their vocal interplay, with Troy's Al Larsen-esque talky-yelpy thingy layering nicely with Garrett's breathy, Kim Deal-esque delivery, and the sense of fun that they are having throughout the record is a good time that they seem more than happy to share with the listener.  BILLY CORAZON

www.indiepages.com May 2006
Stuporhero - "It Would Be Nice To Wake Up"
Yay - there's nothing I like hearing more than a new indiepop band from Seattle! This is the debut release from this boy/girl trio, and it's full of short and peppy tunes in the vein of Casper & The Cookies, Thank God For Astronauts and Guided By Voices (although Tobin Sprout's solo stuff might be more apt), with hints of Neutral Milk Hotel popping up in songs like "My Generic Fight Song". The songs are fuzzy and rocking, but the lyrics are usually about silly things like candy, zombies or school, and everybody sings, giving the songs a fun vibe. Actually the rocket-pack/balloon/drumming girl album cover probably could've told you the same thing about the band...I quite liked a lot of this disc, and hope to be able to catch the band around town sometime soon! MTQ=11/15