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Oct 7, 2013Interiors is an expansive, fiercely intelligent investigative work.
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Oct 7, 2013It takes only one listen to realize the album's title refers not to any physical place, but instead, those intimate mental spaces that contain the ideas that become art and music and other acts of human creativity, spaces that Mesirow taps into with uncommon regularity.
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Oct 7, 2013The way Mesirow balances all of Interiors' concepts and sounds into songs this streamlined and appealing makes it even more akin to a marvel of modern architecture; it feels intuitive and effortless, even if it most likely wasn't to create it.
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Oct 7, 2013Yet as her sounds grow bolder, her lyrics become more intimate. Mesirow is in confident control of an inviting world that’s all her own.
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Oct 10, 2013The homespun warmth and tribal rhythms of its predecessor have given way to chilly digital perfection--though plenty of organic elements persist, in a way that's crucial--and the album as a whole is more thematically unified.
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Under The RadarDec 4, 2013There's an organic and surprising quality to her songs. [Nov-Dec 2013, p.95]
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Oct 8, 2013If another goal of art could be said to remove humanity, if only for a moment, from the physical world by using the tools of the very same physical world, Interiors has followed all the rules of architecture to make a building that floats.
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Oct 7, 2013Where “Ring” was punctuated by physical percussion and casual human moments, Interiors is more immaculate and artificial.
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Oct 4, 2013It may not be quite as consistent as its predecessor, but Interiors showcases the continued development of a vital emerging voice in popular music and features frequent moments of shiver-inducing beauty.
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Oct 4, 2013Interiors is often captivating, always interesting and certainly another confident and assured step forward for Mesirow and Glasser.
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Oct 7, 2013Ambitiously creative though that may be, the results are mixed; while some tracks glisten with Eno-esque ambience, the forced wordplay on others (even delivered stunningly by Mesirow’s Björk-like voice) shatters the mood.
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Oct 16, 2013As a pop-object, Interiors is far more convincing than its predecessor; as a musical experience it is still, regrettably, thin.
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Oct 16, 2013Interiors is an immaculately constructed composition you admire for the engineering, but have a more difficult time feeling comfortable and at home with.
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Oct 14, 2013All these various elements are arranged like a sleek showroom with smooth glass surfaces, a few international flourishes, maybe a pair of funky modernist chairs in the corner; it all sounds like a seamless, impersonal, cosmopolitan package.
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MojoOct 11, 2013At it's best Interiors is alien and magical.... thought, it can also slip into a rather inaccessible coolness too. [Nov 2013, p.107]
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Oct 8, 2013With the new focus on body-moving sounds, Interiors feels like Mesirow’s desire to appease crowds like those at FYF, without leaving behind those infatuated by the lusciousness of her first LP.
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Oct 7, 2013The sub-two minute ditties appear out of sequence and fail to offer much narrative glue to stick the album together. But at least they threatened to provide some structure to an album that sounds great but leaves you starved of proper sustenance.
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Oct 7, 2013For an album so heavily influenced by architecture, it’s sorely lacking in structure and shape, and ultimately fails to make an imprint in spite of its broadened horizons.
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Oct 4, 2013Glasser has a masterpiece in her, but this isn't quite it.
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Oct 4, 2013Despite opener 'Shape' being a colossal Bjork channelling beauty that comes close to breaking point, the bulk of Interiors is restless but unassuming.