"Sexsmith's soulful voice, mixed with simple guitar strums and sweet harmonies, especially in the delicate yet incredibly intense closer, "Ever Wonder", pushes style, composition and existence into a timeless adventure"

"The music has a warmth and naturalism that puts his songs in their best light, and the grand irony is 'The Vivian Line' captures the sound of Sexsmith, the neighborhood's resident genius songwriter, in a more effective way than 2020's home-recorded 'Hermitage'. There's a playful quality in several of the tunes that's witty without trivializing his characters, whether they're converting an old barn into a home or realizing how lucky in love they've been, and when he's feeling a bit sad, as in "Flower Boxes" and "When Our Love Was New," it feels real and honest, never forced ... On 'The Vivian Line', he hits the sweet spot between challenging himself and not fixing what isn't broke. It's a gem"

"The Vivian Line is unlikely to land on anyone's hip/hot list. Rather Sexsmith, now pushing 60, is content to churn out radiant, sublime, transcendent music that unobtrusively exists in its own delicate bubble, inviting us in to join him on his unique musical path"