"Khonnor is a 17-year-old wonderboy from smalltown Vermont, USA -- who has somehow managed to craft the most startling singer-songwriter debut we've heard in years. With an uncanny maturity and a gleefully rebellious lack of regard for generic restraint, Connor Kirby-Long has taken influence from the disruptions and considered melodic dimensions of outsider heroes like Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke, Sonic Youth and even The Smiths.....all in between dodging maths class and fitting in his homework. Handwriting shows both reverie and intense originality. Khonnor makes music with a rare, endearing naivety - combining a dark sense of humour with a keen, uncynical eye. Everyone has weathered similar experiences, but Khonnor documents his with startling originality and finesse. Dreamlike digitally manipulated guitar noise and wavering synths form the foundation for most of the tracks, as Khonnor frankly and openly charts the ups and downs of teenage love, pocket change and lost hazy nights. 'Megan's Present' breathes with a kind of plangent optimism, which may remind some of the finest moments in Mercury Rev's back catalogue. In a year when electronic music has been encroaching on the sensibilities of pop world, where indie-electronic albums are no longer an oddity, Khonnor's music offers something different. The punk rock attitude, the fresh and heartfelt emotion, the unhidden fragility and anticlimaxes of adolescence."