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Jan 18, 2013100Centralia is by far the most satisfying release to date by the Brooklyn-based minimalist post-rock duo Mountains.
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Feb 5, 201390Centralia is the most sophisticated and cultivated Mountains album to date.
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Jan 25, 201390Mountains is a simple name for a band. But it's also an utterly mysterious one that stretches implications across eons. In the right setting, Centralia just feels that deep and rich.
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Jan 22, 201390While the album is a drone-based record, Mountains never stagnate, unafraid of abrasive movement, and their sometimes intense palette never feels out of place or unpleasant.
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Jan 18, 201390Much like the best of Eno's ambient work, Centralia is captivating without demanding attention, instead letting the listener wander into its web on their own.
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Jan 22, 201381Centralia is less severe than The Seer, but it's executed with the same unyielding desire to move and to feel.
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Feb 27, 201380These seven pieces invite the listener into an engrossing experience, one that requires attention but in the end, Centralia is a moving album.
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Feb 15, 201380Holtkamp and Anderegg have arrived at a strain of wide-eyed Americana with roots in the ashen wastes of the Pennsylvania landscape. [Feb 2013, p.58]
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Feb 11, 201380The duo constantly varies each elements of its sound in ways most rock bands could learn plenty from. [No. 95, p.56]
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Feb 8, 201380Startling, shape-shifting music by a band reaching the peak of their powers. [Mar 2013, p.108]
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Feb 6, 201380Centralia's seven lengthy essays proffer the duo's boldest, most immersive statements to date. [Mar 2013, p.88]
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Feb 4, 201380Centralia is an album of surprising, subtle depths, a spacious, psychedelic landscape where the traditional meets the modern in a dreamlike combination of familiarity and strangeness.
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Jan 22, 201380The album unfurls at a leisurely pace, the band's characteristic blend of burbling electronica and acoustic instrumentation at its most formidable, and most satisfying, yet.
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Feb 11, 201375It’s probably fair to say that if you’re not a fan of drone or ambient music then Centralia is unlikely to change your perception of the genres. However as a document of the music of Mountains, it’s their finest work to date.
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Jan 18, 201373There's much beauty to be found here on the fifth Mountains LP, Centralia.
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Feb 1, 201370Centralia finds Mountains in their finest form yet, indicating a new level of comfort in the space they've been carefully carving out over the past decade.
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Jan 24, 201370Lines are drawn, parts are separated out. And yet, despite the breaks we get here, the whole feels stronger, more together, when its parts are identified.
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Jan 22, 201370It may not be one for the impatient listener--Centralia can drone a little in places, and almost touches on music reminiscent of that you'd relax to while having a deep tissue massage. But take the time to listen properly and you'll realise it's beautifully crafted.
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Jan 18, 201370More pastoralism wouldn't go astray, but Centralia is very charming. [Feb 2013, p.77]
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Jan 18, 201370While it sometimes guilty of letting the electronic component of its electro-acoustic confluence run amok, overpowering the more subtle elements of the music, it remains a worthwhile listen for any fan of the ambient canon. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.94]
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Jan 18, 201370Centralia, for the most part, goes back to the duo's tried-and-true dynamics for a seemingly exhaustive summary of the band.
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Jan 24, 201360Mountains composes the soundtrack to dreams you didn't know you had.