“It’s a free-wheeling sonic journey reminiscent of Miles Davis’s finest fusion explorations in the 1970s. Yet it bubbles with forward-thinking freshness”
– Ken Franckling, UPI
"GLS cook up a musical stew that combines jazz chops with dense, shifting textures and grooves, taking their cues from Miles Davis' "dark groove" period (circa Agharta/Dark Magus and post-Miles, pre-Headhunter Herbie Hancock (Sextant), the spacey Kraut rock of Harmonia and Faust, and the sleek, pulsing ethno-groove of Jon Hassell, Robert Rich and Trance Mission."
– Mark Keresman, jazzreview.com
“Ghetto Love Sugar’s aptly named debut revels in the possibilities inherent in improvisation. It’s the sound of musicians charting new territory … The Tampa quartet creates electric jazz that picks up where the early fusion pioneers left off …Uncertainty never sounded so inviting.”
- Curtis Ross, Tampa Tribune
“ ‘Uncertainty Principle’ is a spacey, dreamy collection of fusion and free jazz … in the right situation this can be incredible to wrap your mind around and really explore … a worthwhile investment that creates a pleasant sonic bubble that doesn’t pop easily.” – Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide www.allmusic.com
“Associated with the jazz spectrum for their free-form instrumentals, this band’s startling technical prowess has gone onto assimilating every nuance of the musical soul – examining traditional melodies as well as encoding cyber-grooves within their cycle of sound … GLS and the Powell brothers explore a wide assortment of textures and grooves – connecting, recombining, then letting the collective work glow while eager for the moment to voice their instrument. As disciplined, urban and hard bop as this band can become on occasion, this disc has a laidback, spacious flow, full of mysterious effects and electronica gizmos that slowly creep into the cosmos. Those into the current fusion-hop sounds of Nils Petter Molvaer and Erik Truffaz, or anyone into the ranks of jam bands will find this work equally as fascinating – full of soothing, blissful grooves and fluid soloing. An extraordinary listen for the open-eared among you.” – Focus Magazine
“One of the finest CDs I have ever heard in my life. The music takes me on my journeys to wherever that may be (emotionally and mentally) and it flows so well and seamlessly from the very beginning to the very end” – “Deadhead” Ed Greene, “The Freak Show,” WMNF-FM, Tampa
“Just aural pleasure flooding my headphones -- sort of Jon Hassell meets King Crimson, yet not quite. Moving wallscapes of sound, around, surround … and penetrate the inner seeing eye.” – Jeff Franklin, DJ, WUSF-FM, Tampa
“It’s one of the most interesting CDs we’ve heard … they’re really pushing the envelope. One of the best bands in the area.” – Randy Wynne, Program Director, WMNF-FM, Tampa (on-air comments)