Loom

"While the pristine glass surfaces of Fear Of Men's lilting guitar pop offer an illusion of tranquillity, beneath the beauty lie troubled depths. The group's musical inspirations are clear enough, encompassing the amber glow of New Zealand's The Chills (whose `Pink Frost' Fear Of Men regularly cover live), the chiming indie pop of The Smiths and The Sundays and the ambient song drift of Grouper and Julianna Barwick".

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"Rather than leaning on preexisting templates left behind by the shoegaze gods or trendy sad-eyed indie pop acts, the songs breathe with a contained mania, cramming experimental impulses, chamber pop touches, and guitar squall into meticulously arranged compartments. The band's musical complexities are mirrored by Weiss' sullen lyrics, which when inspected are far more emotionally intricate than they are simply depressive".

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