“On the day that computers compose the most beautiful music, how will we know what makes us human? I am not sure whether Liam Singer is actually thematically exploring this notion or simply trying to mimic what it might sound like – in either case, it rules, and I will gladly submit myself to the terrifying software overmind. No, I am making lame robot jokes because Arc Iris has something slightly mechanical-feeling about it, as though each note was placed, each tonal choice made specifically to hit a certain part of my brain; in a way, I’m sure it has. Think Sufjan Stevens but with a more restrained scope; there is wholeness to this record that I haven’t felt in a while, especially in what is essentially experimental pop music.”

Pelican