by Colin Kutch

Zero Magazine, San Jose

"Picnic has been dubbed the next big thing to come out of the Bay Area and their latest, The Second Coming, is a danceable, hook filled blend of pop music that ranges from tight, energetic fun to slow,teary ballads. Two years in a row, the band has beat out over 800 bands to play on Corona's Sound Waves tour and just recently played at Nadine's Wild Weekend. Indeed, this is a band on the rise. Picnic is a female fronted four-piece band with a sound that is anything but one-dimensional. Its critically acclaimed debut album, Always Open, was played extensively on over 160 major radio stations across the nation and their strong live performanceshave made them a band to watch in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clean, yet layered, Picnic's production is as rich as any major label act, and is always easy on the ears with catchy melodies and power-pop force. The band has the talent to make it big, and with national distribution, Picnic could jump start out of San Francisco and wind up on top-40 radio." - Colin Kutch, Zero Magazine