Apr 22, 2009 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “[Jumpel] has not lost the intimacy that a minimalist attitude often affords… Jumpel’s delicate piano motifs mesh seamlessly with his fuzzed-out electronic hi-hits, pizzicato strings and tones of marimba. There are no fancy-pants-allegro...
Apr 17, 2009 | Reviews, Tangled Star Reviews
Excerpt: “The rich, gentle roil of sound evidenced on Our Man in Eden Hill, the band’s third overall release, has the same surging, warmly anthemic sound of stellar forebears galore, each sonically different — the Triffids, Died Pretty, perhaps most...
Apr 17, 2009 | Reviews, The Caribbean Reviews
Excerpt: “a wildly humorous and highly entertaining song… ‘Do You Believe in Dinosaurs?’ is exotic, shaking, and definitely something for alternative clubbing. This is avant dub-folk. This is a dinosaur stomp!” Luna Kafe
Apr 8, 2009 | Reviews, The Caribbean Reviews
“[Solter] squashes, fizzes, melts, bends and completely deconstructs 5 tracks from The Caribbean’s discography into something completely new. The kaleidoscopic ‘Do You Believe in Dinosaurs (Scott Solter Mix)’ is one such cut, lifted from the dazzling record...
Apr 8, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Mostly instrumental, the record has more in common with the likes of Do Make Say Think and Grails than it does with the hoards of quiet-loud merchants. They’re not afraid to lift the pace higher than the usual stately plod, either. Album highlight...