"I like the energized folk/punk/jazz hybrid that Rob Hinkal (guitar, vocals); Heather Lloyd (guitar, vocals, djibe), pianist, bassist Sharif Kellog and percussionist Rowan Corbett are creating as ilyAIMY.

Thriving in the Baltimore environs, ilyAIMY (i love you And I Miss You) not only have a sound that churns the obvious influences — DiFranco and grunge — into a acoustically roiling, combustible attack on the usual singer/songwriter fare, they have an interesting sidebar story: Each of these fourteen, challenging melodic statients were financed by fans through a series of Ebay auctions.

But it's the music that matters, and that's the driving consciousness behind ilyAIMY. With their vocals and guitars locked into the same inspiration, Hinkal and Lloyd give the quartet their immediate focus: well crafted, thoughtful songs (In The Water, Valeri, Will). Shariff's stately and intuitive piano give Illinois is Overflowing and Pocketing their haunted elegance. When his Pastorius-like bass lines are melded with Corbett's stirring percussive tumult (Drown, Pine, Strain) the landscape created allows a hair-trigger vocal/lyrical integrity that you'll only hear here. So listen."
- Mike Jurkovic, the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

"A churning, percussive acoustic guitar attack that flows, ebbs and builds back on itself. The loose-limbed song structures have a definitive jam band feel ... Versatile sonics, nice boy/girl harmonies and fleshed-out arrangients make Ilyaimy (I love you and I miss you) a surprising treat."
- CP, Independent Weekly (Durham, NC)

"With Rob's uncanny similarity to Lindsey Buckingham on vocals and Heather's crying belts of range... There's an urgency apparent in the way they sing together, between Rob's distinctive annunciation and Heather's angelic back-up credences that carry over the lyrics. Pair the vocals with the unbelievable percussive playing style, and there's a lot to listen to from this duo."
- Shea Carver, Encore - full article

“A bone-rattling acoustic act... with driving lyrical force, then male/female harmonies that lock in, lift, drop and pull ... And then they slow it down and rip you open.”
- Jake Stephens, On Tap Magazine - full article Page 1 | Page 2

"Percussive, rhythmically driven guitar that freely composites fingerpicking, classical melodies, running bass lines, harmonics, and hard-charging chords. [Rob's] vocals are needled and gaunt, with the jittery energy of a dockyard stray on speed ... Heather generally provides the honey for rob’s bitterroot in her harmonies, but her voice can as easily rise to an alleycat wail worthy of P.J. Harvey. The girl can flat-out sing just about anything."
- Allzah.com - full article.

"[They] don't look like an obvious duo. She … is a pint-sized powerhouse of a singer ... [He] looks more the traditional folk singer, with intense expression ... But when they play together their fingers move so fast that, like hummingbird wings, they blur."
- Laura Boswell, The Washington Times - full article Page 1 | Page 2

“A welcome jolt in a stream of otherwise sedate coffeehouse folkies.”
- W. David Work, The Rocky Mountain Bullhorn

"We as young students are always trying to link celebrities to our hometowns to feel proud of where we live. Well today I tell you: Be proud, be very, very proud to know that ilyAIMY is a Maryland-based, out of this world band... They provide the type of performances that will crawl all over your train of thought and have you thinking of nothing but those moments of harmonies between the talented voices of Rob and Heather while Sharif either is bass-guitaring his heart out or pouring his pain out on the keys of the keyboard."
- Ashraf Dawod, The Prince George's Community College Owl - Complete article