Sep 7, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “It is not the fact that they are a mainly instrumental act with their feet firmly in the post rock camp that is the surprise, the thing that sets them apart is just how damn good they are for a band that are so young…Apricot Rail’s debut album is the type...
Aug 31, 2009 | Fall Electric Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Fall Electric play a spare, stripped-down rock that’s neither lo-fi nor roots music as such — instead, they resemble a calmer, reflective version of acts like the Black Watch, with strings a key part of the instrumentation but playing...
Aug 31, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Apricot Rail has this post rock instrumental lark down pat. As if some fresh breezes wafted down from the West Australian wheat belt this quintet play the line between rock, instrumental soundscape and a border edged skirmish with pop and...
Aug 31, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “In the same way that any new release from kranky and n5MD guarantees a recording of high quality, anything coming from the Hidden Shoal camp is likewise to be music of a high calibre. And so it is that its latest roster addition, Apricot Rail, delivers...
Aug 31, 2009 | Reviews, Tarcutta Reviews
Excerpt: “That beautiful organ sound shimmers across much of the recording in a way that can’t help but reawaken memories of classic ’60s bands like The Doors and Procol Harum, but Tarcutta is no decrepit throwback… the album finds the trio in...
Aug 27, 2009 | Reviews, Sleeping Me Reviews
Excerpt: “superb debut disc… Moving from balladesque pieces that showcase McEvoy’s straightforward playing blended with a restrained electronic hand to deeply processed ambient washes where the guitar takes on a set of new identities… an easy,...
