Punch Brothers are on the road again, touring the States, following Chris Thile's duo tour with bassist Edgar Meyer in support of their self-titled debut duo disc. Last night, the quintet performed at the University of Buffalo Center for the Arts. Reviewing the show for the Buffalo News, contributor Garaud MacTaggart claims that as "Bach eventually begat Beethoven," so too has bluegrass found its next iteration in Punch Brothers' unique style of music.

"Chris Thile and his bandmates in the Punch Brothers," writes MacTaggart, "are among some of the more prominent youngbloods taking Bill Monroe’s speeded-up version of old-time country music and accelerating it into another century."

The reviewer calls Chris "a ferociously gifted mandolin player" and suggests as well that "given the band’s technical skills, they could take just about anything and make it work." MacTaggart sums up the manifestation of those skills this way:

Both fiddler Gabe Witcher and guitarist Chris Eldridge are masterful players, while the group’s new bassist, Paul Kowert, has a beautiful tone to go along with his fleet fingers. However, banjo picker Noam Pikelny is the real revelation (other than Thile) in the band. His playing in The Blind Leaving the Blind [from the album Punch] was revelatory and a perfect counter for Thile’s high flying skills.

Read the full review at buffalonews.com.

Up next on the tour is a stop at Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, Wednesday night. For other upcoming tour dates, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.