Fading lines

"The band provides crack musical backing too, with chiming guitars, chunky basslines, and propulsive drums that drive the faster songs and help the slower ones hit the right Stereolab-jamming-with-Broadcast note. The real star, despite all the surrounding drama, is de Graaf and the songs she wrote. Roughly divided 50/50 between dream pop lullabies and motor-driven modern guitar pop, the songs fit together like reverb-coated puzzle pieces. Her sweetly unschooled vocals float through the simply hypnotic backing tracks, never sounding lost in the mix but never overpowering either. The best songs are those with a little bit of kick, like the swirling psych pop title track, or those that forgo the guitar-heavy approach for something a little more space age pop-sounding, like "Perpetuum Mobile." Best of the record's many highlights is the motorik synth pop song "Turning Light," which stretches out over seven minutes of glimmering synths and has one of her sweetest vocal melodies".

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"Heavenly must be proud of their latest signings because Amber Arcades have released the finest debut on their roster since Doves' Lost Souls. And that in itself is no mean feat. A remarkable record that simply demands your attention".

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