Excerpted from an article by Franklin Bruno that appeared in the Village Voice (New York, NY). The article was called "For the Sake of the Song" and talked about Smog and other indie bands.

<…> Recording under her own name, an indie heresy, Frost is perfectly at ease with her gentle strum, clear voice (more Emmylou Harris clarity than Lilith Fair acrobatic), and modest, country-inflected songs. Frost’s earthy sentiments — "Ahh… we’ll snort with pleasure/Ahh… we’ll forego washing" — are not those of the ice-maiden producer Rian Murphy sometimes seems to want her to portray, though David Grubbs’s piano on "Follow" and the harmonium and cymbals of "Denied" have their own sonic appeal. (Reportedly, her current touring band plays these songs markedly differently.)

Hardly slick, Calling Over Time is a forthright record that gains depth and resonance upon repeated listenings in a way that eludes those above. It’s typically perverse of Drag City to involve itself with an artist who could probably attract an adult-contemporary audience unconcerned with the credibility of its label or sidemen, an audience only slightly more likely to encounter Frost on Drag City than Smog fans are to rediscover Jackson Browne….