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Jul 25, 2014Presley works quickly--he says he went into the studio with more than 100 possible songs--and without much intermediation between idea and finished piece. This process seems to allow him to absorb many different influences (1960s psych, freak folk, children’s stories, his life), filter them through some subconscious prism, splitting them out as almost but not quite recognizable rainbow colors
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Jul 25, 2014The ample guilt Presley purges from his heart and head unfurls into an excellent set of songs that are equally suited for an aimless afternoon drive or a night of serious life contemplation.
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Jul 24, 2014After a few listens, the line becomes representative of a larger realization. In acknowledging certain personal and artistic shortcomings, Presley has uncovered a hidden well of confidence and skill that couldn't be contained in his home recordings.
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Jul 21, 2014So basically, it's another weird, great White Fence album, only the bass is a little clearer, the drums a bit louder, and there's less tape hiss. Only die-hard four-track fanatics could complain about that.
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Jul 18, 2014To The Recently Found Innocent explores welcome new directions; rather than messing with a good formula, Presley has opened up to new ways of approaching it.
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UncutJul 15, 2014A risk of pastiche is never far away, but Presley staves it off with energy, songcraft, cunning and a renewed, relatively streamlined focus. [Aug 2014, p.81]
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MojoJul 15, 2014Diving into yesterday never sounded so good. [Aug 2014, p.90]
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Jul 22, 2014For the Recently Found Innocent is a fantastic-sounding record, the production bringing to life the small details that make it more than a retread or homage.
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Jul 22, 2014The end result isn't as wholly immersive or adventurous as the White Album-like lo-fi wonderland of 2012's Family Perfume, but paired with last year's succinct Cyclops Reap, Innocent makes the perfect gateway drug to Presley's lysergic canon.
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MagnetJul 18, 2014A tasteful restraint envelops the album, continuing the musical maturation of both its performer and producer. [No. 111, p.61]
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Jul 15, 2014For his fifth long player as White Fence, things have remained very much the same musically.
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Jul 24, 2014It's a record shot through with feelings of anxiety and anger seemingly related to money, art, and other artists.
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Jul 22, 2014The album captures well the irrepressible energy that always simmered under the surface of White Fence’s earlier work.
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Jul 21, 2014Most of the scattershot pastiches hit their targets.
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Jul 24, 2014Despite the obvious throwbacks and Union Jack-dreaming accents, Presley’s songs, while brief, are more than just genre homages.
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Jul 22, 2014While the effort breaks new ground for White Fence on the fidelity front, and adds an additional smidgen of needed consistency to Presley’s fuzz-jam fragments, it passes on the opportunity to do anything truly new.
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Aug 12, 2014While a far from conventional listen, this may still be Presley’s most accessible album to date.
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Jul 17, 2014While To the Recently Found Innocent might not surprise, it’s a joyous listen.
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Jul 15, 2014It pains me to overly criticise an album that may be quite enjoyable if you were born in the '70s and have only ever looked forward for your music, but there's no avoiding this particular White Fence could have done with a second coat to better hide what's beneath.
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Q MagazineAug 28, 2014Passable psych-rock that rarely disappoints, but equally never really soars. [Sep 2014, p.117]