(AU magazine, April 2009)
Psychedelic and spaced out, the début record from this free-thinking Nottingham four-piece have every idea going about jazz-influenced chilled out instrumental music with a Stereolab vocal after a fashion. 'Caught by the Sun' speaks of 1972 and the lazy days of summer, while 'Calling Me' is tuneful gentle pop. As the alternative soundtrack to The Wicker Man that is 'Volcano' strikes up, it becomes clear that The Soundcarriers are talented indeed, but this recorded output is a little limp. Perhaps they should think less of reverb-heavy harmony and more of making music with impact.
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