Warm Songs for Cold Shoulders' is the kind of record we hoped Cameron McGill would
make for his Parasol debut; the songs are stripped down and the stories laid bare. Most of the album's songs were learned in the studio, and cut shortly thereafter. The songs show a similar vulnerability evident in many of McGill's recordings, though here he returns to the thoughtful folk musings he has made his signature.

There is always enough pop to make the songs memorable, but this album deals a weightier hand than his last, the self-released 'Hold On Beauty'. There is immediacy to these recordings, and the subtle instrumentation allows for the lyrics and vocals (duets with Those Transatlantics' Kathleen Bracken) to take front and center. A brooding cast of characters joins McGill: Noah Harris of Elanors, Daniel McMahon of Corey Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Rodrigo Palma of Judah Johnson, and Darren Garvey of Andreas Kapsalis Trio.

All Music Guide, Four Stars:
"These ten songs spin a web that's compelling and engaging, weaving back and forth between high drama and subtle passion with a lyrical strength that rings emotionally true, and McGill's vocals, bobbing between a whisper and a plaintive, muted shout, are superb."

Americana UK, score 9/10:
"As the album unfolds over repeated listens there begins to be the sense of new friend at the table as the tales of love and melancholy join the others of Waits, Ritter and even Bathgate. There is a purity of vision, complemented by the production that makes this sound very special at certain times of the day."