“The Longest Day of My Life demonstrates that [Dead End Days] knows how to orchestrate, he knows how to arrange and I am interested to hear what comes next.” - Frederick Foxtrott (written while TLDOML was under the former moniker “Arthur Killroad”)

”..The Longest Day Of My Life is an extremely listenable record. Petruccelli has a great voice and the simplicity of songs where it is just him and a guitar drive home what a great songwriter he is…” - Lewie Peckham, For The Love of Punk

“…attempts to redefine the terms of melodic punk and alternative by adding a singer songwriter element to his music…”  Amp Magazine, daily download Sept. 27, 2011

Mike, the lead singer and guitarist in Dead End Days, is one of a certain percentage of artists in my generation who really does get It. That kind of thoughtfulness is reflected pretty nakedly in this album. In a world where you can’t swing a flannel shirt without hitting a few singer-songwriters, Mike stands out. His musical craftsmanship is careful without being over-calculated, honest and sincere without being unnecessarily sentimental and at times youthfully wild and funny without ever losing the disciplined artist’s sense of self-control. - Jasmine Neosh, a local Chicago poet