“Somewhere between Low, the new ‘tronics of Scott Matthews and the reverb-soaked slow tones of Burial, there’s a neat place where ‘Overture’ settles. Like a lost scene from Under the Skin, it seeps in like some sonic osmosis…”
Dreamwave
“Take synthwave and shoegaze, and that lush 80’s chorus of 4AD stalwarts, and the softened cool glint of Minaxi, then just go let the song slip away…”
“Half synthwave, half chill, there’s meander and flow, but that doesn’t mean everything’s comfy. There are sombre and ominous hints and inflections that keep us from feeling too easy…”
“30 minutes of music gets split through two tracks with a cut for Side A and Side B. There’s prog, dreamwave ‘tronica, evolving progressions over space-disco pulses, and twists in surprising directions…”
“There’s a myth that a January is musically dead. Let me tell you straight that myth aint true…”
“With the subtle synth dreamwave of Washed Out and Teen Daze, we tiptoe on 80s and shoegaze…”
“On its own it’s a slow play of ambient electronica that wallows in grim repetitions, as a film it plays up to its strengths as a soundtrack to abstract and ominous imagery…”
Rats on the Run 