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Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle  Perils From The Sea

Perils‘ biggest strength is also its biggest weakness: even at its best, it merely recalls the strengths of its individual players, instead of charting its own course Consequence Of Sound

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle  Perils From The Sea

Impossibly lonesome, sounding on occasion like Kid A filtered through a Pacific Northwest skylight All Music

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle  Perils From The Sea

Perils from the Sea, for all its patient melancholy and pained confessions, is largely a beautiful experience State

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle  Perils From The Sea

Perils from the Sea may not be a seamless collaboration, but neither artist has sounded so purposeful in his reverie in years Pitchfork

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle  Perils From The Sea

Play it at nighttime; let it guide you through sleep cycles, insomnia and everything in between. It’ll make you appreciate both artists individually and their collaboration even more Paste Magazine

Glen Hansard  Drive All Night

A cover of the Bruce Springsteen song that gives the EP its name proves to be a lone emotionally satisfying highlight Slant Magazine

Glen Hansard  Drive All Night

This EP isn’t the best starting point for Hansard’s music, but for fans of Rhythm And Repose, it’s a welcome followup Consequence Of Sound

Glen Hansard  Drive All Night

Hansard and company play it safe on the title cut All Music

Teengirl Fantasy  Nun

Exudes a pleasing sense of purpose, even when it’s throwing curveballs about the place Fact

Teengirl Fantasy  Nun

The EP often sounds like an inspired blend of Tracer's restraint and 7AM's passion All Music

Teengirl Fantasy  Nun

As a band that's built a modest career on "promise" as opposed to "execution," it's safe to file Nun under "for fans only" Pitchfork

Teengirl Fantasy  Nun

It’s difficult to latch onto anything in the sound patterns that Takahashi and Weiss are throwing out Consequence Of Sound

TOY  Join The Dots

Join The Dots is a very good album, derivative maybe, but much more than the sum of its parts music OMH

Mutual Benefit  Love’s Crushing Diamond

"Gentle" and "reassuring" aren't necessarily the most exciting compliments to give an album, but Mutual Benefit's Jordan Lee turns those virtues into a remarkably engaging full-length debut All Music

Mutual Benefit  Love’s Crushing Diamond

For those of us always searching for something new, for something else, particularly in music, this is the type of album that we are looking for Paste Magazine