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Jun 3, 2016A wonderful, accomplished return.
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Jun 9, 2016While Cat's Eyes still borrow from a wide range of influences, they do it so well, and with such a sense of wonder, that Treasure House is their most distinctive album yet.
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Jun 7, 2016On Treasure House they find an impressive balance: classical, symphonic music melds with garage and post-punk, giving credence to the cliché that opposites attract, outstanding in its complex sounds and arrangements.
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Q MagazineJun 6, 2016Its gorgeous chamber-pop is painted from a muted colour palette, with Farfisa organs, Hollies/Mamas harmonies and lyrics about weeping willows and late afternoons. [#361, p.108]
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Jun 6, 2016The musical chemistry is undiminished on their third album where a languid kind of heartache holds sway.
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Jun 3, 2016A luscious, rich selection of otherworldly tracks, disparate in nature but still oddly cohesive. And it’s as timeless as that dreamy world JK Rowlin
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Jun 2, 2016Their sound has expanded, taking in widescreen compositions full of Disney romanticism (Treasure House), Ennio Morricone-inspired soundcsapes (Girl in the Room), spooky neo-noir atmospherics (Everything Moves Towards the Sun) and a moment of reverb-drenched surf rock guitar that would make Tarantino giddy.
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Jun 1, 2016Here everything seems whole and fully realised, the sound of a fleshed out band sure in its own identity rather than the end result of a prolonged mixtape crush.
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MojoMay 26, 2016The influences--Shadow Morton, Nina Roti, '80s dream pop--are easily detectable, but intuitively utilised. [Jul 2016, p.96]
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May 26, 2016It’s not so much that these two work well together, but that they work well in spite of each other. There are obviously two very different musical personalities on show, but where they meet is a convenient hinterland that somehow manages to honour the music they love.
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UncutMay 26, 2016Their music is accruing more bewitching, dramatic layers. [Jul 2016, p.71]
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Jul 6, 2016On Treasure House, Cat's Eyes continue to forge a unique path, as Badwan and Zeffira blend the old with the new, pop with classical and melancholy with drive.
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May 26, 2016On Treasure House, Cat's Eyes' vision is more focused, creating a charming record worth repeated listens as you drift through the imaginary films in your mind. [May - Jun 2016, p.91]
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Jun 7, 2016Yes the songs are catchier and slightly better executed, and the music evokes a by gone era but remains grounded in the modern world so it’s not a pastiche, but it all sounds, well, too safe.