Island intervals

"Island Intervals starts with songs that pit the intimate and the epic against each other, that shift tempo, texture, and scope in fascinating ways. But that set of complications can't sustain itself. It doesn't help that the words themselves feel overworked ... The shift into the shadows works in parts for Thibodeau, but the album doesn't want to linger in that dark so much as obliterate it with a light we've heard from him before. That would be all right, but here some of the songs get buried in the process".

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"Seks år efter udgivelsen af den mageløse Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us er der nu omsider nyt fra Death Vessel alias tysk/amerikanske Joel Thibodeau, hvis tredje album til gengæld snildt lever op til mandens hidtidige bedrifter. Med hjælp fra produceren Alex Somers og Jónsi fra Sigur Rós har han i løbet af tre fokuserede måneder på Island skabt 32 magiske minutter fordelt over otte numre, der med en enkelt undtagelse besidder høj, høj klasse".

"Opening with the organ-driven "Ejecta," clangy sample-based rhythms and choruses of frozen backing vocals support the song's ghostly melodies, gelling into a slab of majestic orchestral pop on par with Björk's most haunting Vespertine-era material ... The album is one full of highlights, with a sad beauty surrounding it that makes these songs immediately deeper, more connective, and more exciting than anything Death Vessel has brought us before".

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