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May 31, 2012With Passage, Exitmusic has turned in one of the more ambition, evocative, and engaging efforts of 2012.
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May 24, 2012With earnest piano, pulsing atmospherics and windswept vocals opening the album, the title track signals what's to come and lets you know that, had there actually been a film, it would have certainly been a drama.
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May 24, 2012More than a cash-in or credibility play, Passage simply pulls several familiar objects into one detailed picture, a predictably good look from a pair whose script seems every bit as written as much as lived.
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May 23, 2012Palladino and Church may drown their sorrows in a pool of gloomy effects, but they still make even the most heartbreaking sentiments sound sweet.
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May 22, 2012Their debut album proper quivers and quakes with the cinematic electronics and emotional abandonment of a soundtrack to Armageddon.
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May 22, 2012Like many such films (they exist, right?), Passage is endearing, with unforgettable peaks; it looks beautiful at first glance, and has no shortage of beautiful moments, but don't delve too deeply lest the mirage of a grandiose masterpiece dissolve.
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May 22, 2012For the time being it's very hard not to fall under Exitmusic's intoxicating spell. Best not to try.
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May 22, 2012An impressive debut, Passage has as many great moments as it does moments that suggest future greatness.
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Dec 6, 2012Ultimately though, these are minor gripes for what is an otherwise solid debut from a band which looks poised to make waves in the independent music scene for years to come.
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MojoJul 18, 2012Passage surges, subsides and enthralls like a Gothic Sigur Ros. [Jun 2012, p.93]
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Under The RadarJul 9, 2012From open to close, Passages is cinematic and atmospheric, but not without a sense of forward motion. [Jun 2012, p.153]
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MagnetMay 24, 2012Passage has all the elements of a classic, from undeniable hooks to head-spinning shards of noise. [No.87 p.55]