Jun 4, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “a fresh new band to cherish our downtempo moments… a rich atmosphere… standing out with the soft touch of clarinet over instrumental post-rock” Puddlegum
Jun 2, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt – “When Apricot Rail play live, you kind of nod your head slowly, well, it’s not really a nod it’s more a progression of their sound. Then when one of their beautiful choruses hits, it is possessive. On my first listen to this single, I felt just...
Jun 2, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
“It’s getting hard to resist stifling a yawn every time a band dumbs down the Joy Division sound for the Interpol generation. But when it’s done well, or extremely well in the case of Seattle’s Hotels, it’s a little easier to forgive a...
May 29, 2009 | Reviews, The Caribbean Reviews
Excerpt: “Some of those background pieces will be familiar to fans of the Caribbean and their album Populations, five songs from which are remixed for this EP. But any sense of familiarity is joined by an exotic sense of the new. Take, for example, the little...
May 18, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face. That’s how I like my monumental arms...