Snowflake Midnight Press Quotes
(links to complete reviews below)
"Ten years after Deserter's Songs became a gorgeous Americana
classic, Mercury Rev have made another masterpiece. Its incredible.
Turn up the speakers and drop that jaw."
The Guardian - 5 Stars *****
"Only a few bands succeed in reinventing themselves even once,
and its hard to think of more than a select few who pulled the
trick off twice. But with the gorgeous Snowflake Midnight Mercury
Rev have done just that, and re-connected with the exploratory
impulses that drove their earliest works."
The Independent - 5 Stars *****
"... an ultra-vivid juxtaposition of textures, eras and moods...
this New York-formed outfit can still arouse the kind of wonder
you felt as a child contemplating the star-speckled heavens...
This Rev record is another triumph."
MOJO - 4 Stars ****
"Dreamy avant-pop is offset by throbbing ambient house and
proggy neoclassicism; if the Rev's universe once turned in tandem
with Pink Floyd and Frank Churchill, it's now tuned into Prefuse
73 and Danny Elfman too."
Time Out - 5 Stars *****
"... beautiful orchestral odysseys and space-pop epics...
a seriously awesome album."
The Fly - 5 Stars *****
"This is a magical and arresting album... at once monumental
and evanescent in feel... it's pop, but pop from a faraway, better
and unreachable place."
The Wire
"This is their most compelling effort since Deserter's Songs...
dark, dangerous and beautiful... a beguiling listening experience."
The Sun - 4.5/5
"Now using keyboards rather than guitars, they continue to
indulge their more experimental leanings on the dreamy Butterfly's
Wing and Senses On Fire. But this is a surprisingly accessible
comeback, with some of the strongest moments recalling Sigur Ros."
Daily Mail - 4 Stars ****
"... both unexpectedly monumental and surprisingly synthetic,
pulsing with programmed rhythms and riding on swathes of electronic
sound... this is music to watch the universe by."
WORD
"Satellite beeps find a home alongside breakbeats and orchestral
blowouts. Tracks such as the dreamy Butterfly's Wing will have
Chris Martin and Brian Eno weeping for what might have been."
Esquire UK
"... with songs such as Butterfly's Wing and Snowflake in
a Hot World, all as beautiful as their titles imply... this is
a band reinvigorated."
NME - 7/10
"... astonishing ambition... A wide eyed triumph, an album
who's love for the world is genuinely intoxicating."
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