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  • Summary: Originally self-released in 2012, the debut release for the Canadian electronic duo was remastered and includes a guest appearance of Grimes on the "Brotherhood" track.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
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  1. Jun 28, 2013
    80
    Waverly has a very consistent tenor that makes it a singular achievement, one that both creeps and soothes simultaneously.
  2. 70
    Yet another ’90s micro-genre gets the hipster revival treatment on Montreal duo Solar Year’s snazzy debut.
  3. Jun 28, 2013
    70
    Solar Year manage to take traditional choral music and refract it through a modern prism. It seems at once on the pulse of the zeitgiest, yet at the same time strangely timeless. The lush production creates an atmosphere of sustained reverie, which envelops a listener in a warm yet visceral way.
  4. 70
    Waverly is just that: a study of tension, mysticism and some natural elements thrown in for good measure.
  5. Jun 28, 2013
    70
    Waverly is constant and consistent in its crossing between a less exotic Dead Can Dance and a more lo-fi Fever Ray, which is certainly a captivating enough blend for a debut album.