From WASHMAG on Lightweight Champion’s debut EP, “Valley” - "Frontman Aaron Spieldenner’s voice […] is suitably tailored to the material. His lyrics pair surreal, circuitous metaphorical imagery with plainspoken wills and wishes, the type of writing that’s become a staple of alt-country. Far more often than not his lines roll naturally onto the ears like rain on a corrugated roof. This is especially true for “Cowboys,” the EP’s best track, on which Spieldenner’s rumination about days gone by summons an eerie parallel between cowboy living and the growing antiquity of band life."
