Umpire 'Green Light District' – Rave Magazine

Excerpt: “Hidden amongst the major label shallowness this week, Green Light District is the one single that keeps drawing me back. The one thing that’s hardest to put a finger on is the length; it’s damn well the shortest four-minute song I’ve ever heard. Umpire’s breezy wide-panned progressive rock – smothered in buttery, reverberating humbucker tone – puts you in a daze, and before you know it, the song is over. There’s something very satisfying about the way the Perth outfit goes about their business here; laying about a generally relaxed vibe is a really vague wistfulness – or ‘arthouse happiness’ if you prefer the darker side of life. Ordinarily you’d write this off as a fluke, but the Umpire EP featured a similar – if slightly less developed – approach, so the full-length is one I’ll be sticking on as soon as it drops.”

Rave Magazine