"If you were to look at my Itunes top 25 most played songs you would see that there are 8 Haley Shaw songs in there. Actually the top four are Dirt and Cigarettes, Some Like It Sad, Red Sea and As If It Were Twilight. The only reason there aren’t more than 8 songs in the Top 25 is because that is all I have been able to get my grubby hands on. From the first time I saw her live at The Watershed at least a year ago, her songs have become a part of me. If you look at my top 15 albums of last year that I posted on my personal Myspace you will find her album #7. The funniest part about that is looking back at it I really only listen to 7 albums on the list anymore. If I were to rearrange the list today with some decent perspective Haley would move to a solid #3 and Austin Crane would move to a solid #4. The new #1 and 2 if you are interested are The Everybodyfields which have moved to my top 5 favorite bands of all time and Anberlin-Cities. Anyway, Haley is moving to Nashville if she hasn’t already. I don’t have any tears left to cry about that, so I try not to think about it. She has also finished recording an album that I can’t wait to be my #1 album of this year."
- scenesc.com, sept. 2008
"One of the Sirens swam in off their rock, and she's living here in Charleston. For a woman who writes such heartbreaking lyrics, Haley Shaw is typically bubbling over with happy energy. "I will make a villain of your memory/and I will turn this lake into a red sea/and cast it down and watch you drown, drown, drown," she sings in "Red Sea," the fifth track on her debut album, As If It Were Twilight. Her ice-cream-melting-smooth voice is so captivating that even a song about the depths of loneliness and lost love can leave you smiling..." - Charleston City Paper, November 2007
"Charleston singer/songwriter Haley Shaw is yet another lava spurt exploding from Charleston's volcanic folk/pop scene. She is contemplative, poised, and affectionate in her songwriting. She is capable of easing the most restless heart heart with her soothing, nurturing voice." - Post and Courier, "Preview"... Matthew Godbey -Thursday July 26, 2007
