“I suppose any breakthrough genre or musical movement will sooner or later burn itself out.
Video and radio helping the process along its merry way, rubbing the genre until it's a blinding shine,
and then rubbing it again until the buffed wax and fresh paint crack and flake. Then it will end, quickly,
in a flash; but somewhere in this , these breakthroughs occasionally yield some music that is part of
the movement, yet original, fresh and optimistic. Primitive Reason is this creative ray of light in the
current rapcore cloud. 
 Their debut album, Some Of Us…, sharpens its focus on words and language, immediately separating
them from the pack, while the music, though has its share of crunch and squall, is primarily steeped in
reggae and early ska. So prominent is the sound of horns and echo fading beats one might be surprised
to find the band is not from Kingston, Jamaica but Portugal of all places. Yes, even Portugal it seems
has been hit with America's aggression, but thankfully, Primitive Reason hasn't bought the gimmick hook,
line and sinker.
 Taking a more relaxed approach to the vocal delivery, the band's main frontman, Guillermo De Lliera
eases into the music with an understated spoken word, whispering lyrics like "And while I was out walking
the wind spoke to me," "Everyone, yet no one feels the way I do" and "The more she contains the less
she explains." The best of De Liera shines through on the mellow groove in "El Plumero" and the all-in-one
bundle "Wanea," a track driven by creeping guitars, spooky Korn-like ambience and quick shifts from easy
ska to hardcore to rap and back to ska. 
—The distinguishing aspect of Primitive Reason is that no matter how heavy their music gets (when it is
heavy, it's smart and selective), the band opts for enunciation over the now predictable emo-scream. At
the beginning of Some Of Us…, rapcore may be an easy label to give Primitive Reason, but by the time
"Dream 2831" and "Dah Dah Te" pass (featuring the soulful vocals of Ms. Jess King), it's fairly obvious
that no single description is sufficient. It's as if they knew what was coming, the genre box and all
its fixings, and delivered an album that plays hopscotch with metal, hard core, rap, reggae, soul and ska.”

 --Review By: Peter Short October 16, 2000