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Jun 9, 2016You listen to it and wonder how anyone arrived at the idea that this song should suddenly do that, struck by the delightfully confounding sound of pop music made by genuinely original minds.
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Jun 20, 2016It’s a twilight dream of a record that’s uncompromisingly odd but absolutely direct, and addictive from first listen. The Invisible have made the album of the summer.
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Jun 9, 2016Patience is an album made by a band reaching the pinnacle of its powers. Their ability to merge indie, soul, electronica, gospel and give it a sheer pop sets them apart from their peers.
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Jun 29, 2016Patience presents the quiet, comforting confidence of a band that has grown into its sound while continuing to push it forward. It already feels like one of the key indie albums of the year.
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Jun 17, 2016None of this feels glib, not in the circumstances, and not when the music steers clear of mush to come out gorgeous, taut and streamlined.
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Jun 13, 2016A tight, cohesive record bathed in a hazy West Coast glow.
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Jun 10, 2016It’s been four years since the band’s previous album ‘Rispah’. That period of self-reflection and resulting new energy is presented beautifully here, and despite the mantra of patience, is delivered with a sense of immediacy.
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Q MagazineJun 8, 2016The results are spellbinding. [#361, p.111]
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Jun 13, 2016The first half may be more instantly accessible but the final three tracks of The Invisible's third album sees them slip into their favoured lane and take the mantle as the most hypnotic and aurally enveloping band in Britain today.
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Jul 6, 2016Patience is a record that never really takes off, but is a perfectly polished take on their thoroughly original sound.
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Jun 16, 2016Tight grooves are still the driver, but now open up into flourishes of spontaneity that brighten the space like vivid bouquets.
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Jun 8, 2016Some variation in production style and sonic approach might lend the proceedings a bit more variety, but that's a relatively minor quibble to level at this confident album; these guys do what they do well, and know it.
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Jun 8, 2016If you're expecting a record which really takes off, Patience probably isn't it, but its downtempo, late night charms aren't hard to find (especially if you chuck it on headphones).
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UncutJun 8, 2016Patience is still a warm and uplifting record befitting this modest, meticulous band. [Jul 2016, p.74]
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Jul 15, 2016Fellow musos will stroke their beards over this uncompromising pop compromise and devotees of the group’s collaborators will dig it up as a surprising bit of deep catalogue.
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MojoJun 28, 2016While outstanding musicianship is guaranteed, it doesn't always go hand in hand with great songwriting, but by its judicious mixing of the avant-garde and smart pop, alt rock and low-slung funk, Patience is always engaging. [Aug 2016, p.90]
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Jun 8, 2016Patience is impressive, for sure, but The Invisible still leave us wanting to see much, much more.
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Aug 1, 2016[Patience] boasts several colourless, uninspired tracks.
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Jun 9, 2016It’s relentlessly dull, the sort of feyly English, unfunctional dance music Hot Chip pioneered to declining effect. Okumu’s airy voice barely brushes the listener’s sleeve, never mind mending their soul.