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Jun 28, 2013Solar 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.
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Jun 28, 2013Waverly has a very consistent tenor that makes it a singular achievement, one that both creeps and soothes simultaneously.
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Jun 28, 2013Yet another ’90s micro-genre gets the hipster revival treatment on Montreal duo Solar Year’s snazzy debut.
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Jun 28, 2013Waverly 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.
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Jun 28, 2013Waverly is just that: a study of tension, mysticism and some natural elements thrown in for good measure.