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Oct 6, 201188On the whole, Forever is downcast, introspective, and melodic.
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Oct 6, 201175The record is at its best when it combines its pop sensibilities with its ambient leanings.
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Nov 9, 201170There are some points where the music becomes overburdened by its lavish texturing, primarily in the few instrumental tracks, but for the most part the album functions as a beautiful, illusory trip from start to finish. [Oct. 2011, p. 113]
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Nov 2, 201170The immediate embrace of anything analogue-warped by certain corners of the Internet shouldn't detract from Forever, as it's quite an engaging listen when the right (nocturnal) mood strikes.
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Oct 6, 201170While Franciotti's work is far from unique in its revival both of lo-fi synth panoramas and of ambient experimentalism, the combination and alternation of the two allows Forever a certain originality beyond other musicians mining either one or the other vein.
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Oct 6, 201170Ultimately, the album's song-oriented material is the most memorable.
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Dec 22, 201160Forever is a mood album, heavily sedated and perpetually out of focus, like an R.E.M. dream after cough syrup.
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Oct 11, 201160Overall, I get the sense that Sleep Over, with all of its slit-eyed graveyard intonations, is a band that might actually improve from here, but it's padded instrumental sections evidenced on their first album here might make you feel a little bit, well, sleepy.