Chris Arnott - New Haven Advocate "We get Hromadka unencumbered and solo for a homecoming set at Cafe Nine. Jon Brion and Wally Gates aren't the only neo-power-pop progenitors from New Haven. Singer/guitarist Rick Hromadka started here too, before moving to L.A. and taking the Jellyfish-laden '90s pop scene there by storm with his bands The Visionaries and The Double Naught Spies."

Kathleen Ceit - New Haven Advocate "They played his music on ER, Third Watch, Power Rangers and Sweet Valley High," she continued, leaning in a little closer to add, "and he's cute, too." She forgot to mention his charismatic yet humble stage presence and witty Jason Falkner-esque paisley power pop prowess to the growing list of charms that was unfolding song after song."

Brad Harvey - The Big Takeover - "All Permanent Press bands have one thing in common: melody. Not just little melodies, or a smudginess of melody, or minute residue of melody, but big, tidal wave-size, freakin' Technicolor melodies. Maple Mars, a.k.a. guiatarist/songwriter Rick Hromadka, is no exception, and obviously has the classic pop albums in his collection to draw influences from."

Robert Silverstein - 20th Century Guitar Magazine "Spotlighting the talented singer-songwriter and guitarist Rick Hromadka, Maple Mars cuts loose with a set of high octane cutting edge paisley-pop that recalls the best spirit of bands like The Raspberries, Klaatu, Jellyfish and Cheap Trick".

Bucketfull of Brains "The more I listen to the CD the more I find to like about it. Well worth shelling out for."

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Magazine "One of the best of it's genre."

David Bash - Amplifier Magazine "An admirable, groundbreaking disc indeed!"

Not Lame Recordings "Extremely Highly Recommended."

Simon Glickman - Hits Magazine "This L.A. power-pop collective's debut is an inviting batch of hooky, ultra-melodic guitar rock. Throughout, singer-songwriter/guitarist Rick Hromadka delivers the goods with a nice mix of emotiveness and self-aware humor."

.Mike Bennett - Fufkin.com "The contest for best debut platter of the year will be quite the battle. This is one of the major contenders."

Rick Cornell - MoMZine - Miles Of Music " And after several trips, you just might think that "The Perfect Song" ("I finally wrote for you the perfect song/It's just a shame that you're not here to sing along") comes close to living up to its title."

Aaron M. Fontana - Entertainment Today (Los Angeles) "Welcome to Maple Mars" is a great tune and so too is "When Atlas Falls," "All Brand New" and "Absolute Zero." Also, be on the lookout for a hidden track; Groovy, man, groovy.

WXXE-FM/WXXC-FM (Syracuse, NY) ". Right from the first track, WELCOME TO MAPLE MARS earns that coveted THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Thumb's UP!"

Ray Paul (Permanent Press Recordings) "When you hear MAPLE MARS, you'll probably think that Jeff Lynne took members of Jellyfish, Cheap Trick, Foo Fighters and ELO into the studio and came out with this pop masterpiece (he didn't, by the way)!"