 Reviewers of Illinois have compared Stevens ' style to Steve Reich , Vince Guaraldi , the Danielson Famile , Neil Young , Nick Drake , and Death Cab for Cutie . Stevens ' use of large orchestral arrangements in his music — much of it played by himself through the use of multi @-@ track recording — has been noted by several reviewers . Rolling Stone summarized the musical influences of Illinois , saying " the music draws from high school marching bands , show tunes and ambient electronics ; we can suspect Steve Reich 's Music for 18 Musicians is an oft @-@ played record in the Stevens household , since he loves to echo it in his long instrumental passages . " A review in The A.V. Club referred to some of the vocal work as " regressively twee communalism " , but found Stevens ' music overall to be " highly developed " . The song " Come On ! Feel the Illinoise ! " uses a saxophone part from " Close to Me " by The Cure . 
 Reviewers of Illinois <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>have</mark></a> compared Stevens <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>style to Steve Reich , Vince Guaraldi , the Danielson Famile , Neil Young , Nick Drake , and Death Cab for Cutie . Stevens <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>use of large orchestral arrangements in his music — much of it played by himself through the use of multi @-@ track recording — <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> been noted by several reviewers . Rolling Stone summarized the musical influences of Illinois , saying " the music <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>draws</mark></a> from high school marching bands , show tunes and ambient electronics ; we can suspect Steve Reich <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>Music for 18 Musicians is an oft @-@ played record in the Stevens household , since he <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>loves</mark></a> to echo it in his long instrumental passages . " A review in The A.V. Club referred to some of the vocal work as " regressively twee communalism " , but found Stevens <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'</mark></a>music overall to be " highly developed " . The song " Come On ! Feel the Illinoise ! " <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>uses</mark></a> a saxophone part from " Close to Me " by The Cure . 
Reviewers of Illinois done compared Stevens  style to Steve Reich , Vince Guaraldi , the Danielson Famile , Neil Young , Nick Drake , and Death Cab fir Cutie . Stevens  use of large orchestral arrangements in his music — much of it played by himself through da use of multi @-@ track recording — done been noted by several reviewers . rollin Stone summarized tdamusical influences of Illinois , saying " thdausic draw from high school marching bands , show tunes and ambient electronics ; we can suspect Steve Reich  Music for 18 Musicians is an oft @-@ played record in thedaevens household , since he love to echo it in his long instrumental passages . " A review in The A.V. Club referred to some of the daal work as " regressively twee communalism " , but found Stevens  music overall to be " highly developed " . The sda " Come On ! Feel the Illinoise ! " use a saxophone part from " Close to Me " by The Cuda.