What the critics have said about"The City Tree":"The group issued its second self-released album last year,"The City Tree," and it’s a strong showcase for its poetic lyrics, keyboard arpeggios and genteel but winning melodies, which hone to the right side of twee (a la Belle & Sebastian at its best) while avoiding the smart ’n’ sensitive preppie shtick of indie-rock heroes of the moment Vampire Weekend" -Jim DeRogatis, The Chicago Sun-Times"Pop rock prodigies Filligar, comprising three brothers and a family friend, are scary good. Despite their relatively young ages, the Ivy League college students, by way of Chicago, have recorded six albums since 2000. The band’s latest, The City Tree, is packed with sparkling guitar and piano rock, complete with orchestrated harmonies and emotive lyrical delivery. Like most of the 12 tracks, “James Alan & The Fire” builds masterfully from acoustic guitar and simple piano leads to a crescendo ending, with subtle and varied songwriting techniques mined throughout the