Skyscraper Magazine--Summer 2006
Issue #22

"Golden Shoulders has been flying just under the radar for a while...maybe it's
time for Adam Kline to step up as the new crown prince of obscenely catchy
and obscure indie power-pop folk music.  His flippant, youthful voice and
casual style of recruiting whoever's available at the time to fill his transient
backing band makes him the perfect candidate to crank out quick and easy
songs to please the ears of music fans everywhere for a long time to come.  
All five tracks on the EP are submitted as evidence to bolster his candidacy.  
He's not the deepest guy in the book, and he's not exactly diverse, but he gets
the job done, he goes over smooth, and he'll make you feel better.  His first
order of business is hopefully to follow up KIN with a full-length album
featuring 10 or more songs as good as or better than the totally smashing
opening track here, "Friends and Family." Join the campaign, before Jack
White snags him for his own ballot." (Josh Ferrer)

Magnet Magazine--July/Aug 2006
Issue #72

"If 2004's Friendship Is Deep is Golden Shoulders' seething political epic,
then Kin, its third release, is its post-election binge.  Lead Shoulder Adam
Kline and his revolving cast of players are still furious about the unpleasant
state of the nation, but they mask it in cheerful, go-go boot pop. Gospel piano
chords form the spine of these five songs, especially "There's No Reason" and
"Daughters," on which Kline encourages  daughters to "lock up their mothers."
(Tizzy Asher)