Percussion like the creaking of the forest, momentum like the flow of rivers, voices and strings echoing across mountain ranges - everything here coheres wonderfully into a sonic representation of wild landscapes. Perimeter is straight up euphoric. josh epps
Gidge's patented sound theories somehow combine bleakness with inspiration. Frequent important vocal phrasing accentuates sparse passages that are plenty enough for the ears and mind. An arriving embrace in the cold. Portis
The latest LP from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs focuses on subtle (and varied) pop songcraft over big room dancefloor-fillers. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 12, 2022
This is about as seamless a suite of songs and moods as you're likely to hear.
The album feels self-propelled, so effortlessly does it move from track to track and style to style. It's Hopkins-like in its diverse fluidity.
Rarely is production this precise melded with performances that are equally so. Not only can these guys play, but they can think. There is real craft in the chordal structures that define the album's sense of narrative.
It's place is assured in my top ten albums of 2019. Michael Mueller