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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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MojoJul 18, 2012Passage surges, subsides and enthralls like a Gothic Sigur Ros. [Jun 2012, p.93]
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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]
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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, 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 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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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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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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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, 2012An impressive debut, Passage has as many great moments as it does moments that suggest future greatness.
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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 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 30, 2012Most of these songs would make for a devastating end to an emotionally charged, disturbed album. But ten songs like that in a row?
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Jun 6, 2012Exitmusic spends this record convincing you it can make a big noise, and of that there is no doubt. At times, that big noise is quite impressive, and the nuanced layers that make it up do indeed evoke emotions, take you somewhere. Unfortunately, too much of Passage opens up doors-big, gaping ones-that don't ever lead anywhere.