Press

"idiosyncratic, splendidly clever garage-pop band" - Real Detroit

"one of the finest anti-folk acts NYC has to offer." - Seven Days, Burlington VT

"with an unstoppable sound of laughter freedom and vivacity...carried by the voice of bouncing and sparkling leader Andrew Hoepfner and sunny chorus led by a contagious pleasure to play together."
(par un son imparable de bonne humeur, de liberté, de viacité...par la voix chaude et pétillante de rebondissant leader Andrew Hoepfner et par des choeurs ensoleillés animés par un plaisir contagieux à jouer ensemble) - Not For Tourist, Paris

"Hoepfner's newcomer approach has succeeded, without being too awestruck or innocent to be appreciated by even the coldest of East Coast hearts." - Deli Magazine, New York

"They successful personalize the famous "Wall of Sound", turning it from a big budget studio creation into an individual statement from a lonely bedroom. Though expansive, Brooklyn Is Love absolutely feels like a bedroom creation. Had this album been released a decade earlier, it absolutely would have been associated with the Elephant Six Collective (and with apologizes the Robert Schnieder, Bill Doss and others, rank as their finest Wilsonian creation).

In my mind, Brooklyn Is Love is the best unheralded release of 2008. - RadioExile.com

"The tracks profile their love for Brooklyn and New York City with such poppy goodness that it makes even the most dangerous neighborhoods seems like Candy Land." - HeaveMedia.com

"Reminds the listener of an Annie musical number." - PopMatters.com

"Andrew Hoepfner's gentle, earnest voice spearheads Creaky Boards's lighthearted antifolk-pop sound. The outfit uses tinny carnival piano and off kilter horns to liven up its childlike lyrics." -Timeout NY

"Creaky Boards' Michigan transplant band leader, Andrew Hoepfner, digs into the dark and grainy side of pop, occasionally composing the music a la Beach Boys for well earned Brian Wilson comparisons. Nonetheless, Creaky Boards twist together traditional nostalgic folk dreaminess and big city fascination to create fresh and refreshing takes on an old tradition." -Toledo City Paper

"Boards lead singer /pianist/songwriter Andrew Hoepfner just might be the most interesting frontman we’ve come across in a long while... his songs hit on a strange-but-perfect kink-swing tradition often missed by modern-day self-proclaimed quirksters." -the Village Broadsheet

"Keyboard Wunderkind" - Urban Folk

"think Jerry Lee Lewis learns Tom Waits lyrics and goes to the circus." - antifolk.net

"one of the most unique and joyous acts playing in Williamsburg." - Jezebel Music

"buoyant indie pop" - Current Magazine, Ann Arbor MI

"Andrew Hoepefner moved to New York City in 2004 to (surprise!) play music" - Magnet

"Brian Wilson in a chateau in France, an international cabaret singer with charm, Paul McCartney with champagne spraying from the ceiling or an old man sitting with rum at a southern saloon. The possibilities are endless." - Block Magazine

"Lush harmonies, foot stomping rhythms, and the sounds of joyous keyboards. Full of imaginative and fun lyrics, sung wonderfully by front man Andrew Hoepfner." - Pop Tarts Suck Toasted blog

"Their music is an expert combination of 50's and early 60’s pop (“Runaround Sue”, “Last Kiss”, “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”), Tom Waits’ more baroque 80’s experiments, and the sounds of New Orleans. Saturated with lavish horns, carnival piano, and soaring melodies, Hoepfner’s songs take these influences and meld them into something extraordinarliy fun and distinctly unique." - Pop Headwound blog

"the real victim in this whole mess" - Pitchfork

Deli Magazine, New York


Real Detroit


Seven Days. Burlington, VT


Current Magazine. Ann Arbor, MI