Crushed Stars - In the Bright Rain CD
Crushed Stars - In the Bright Rain CD
Tracks:
Leave Town
Brighter Now
Copenhagen
Color Kites
Pretty Girls Are Everywhere
Bedtime For Dreamers
Window
House On The Hill
Take Flight
A mood record, casting a hypnotic spell with a strict yet bountiful set of sounds. mesmerizing atmospherics ....lightly strummed electric guitars, ethereal vocals, and lots and lots of reverb - The Onion
Lush, intricate, and sonically fascinating - o quietly beautiful that climbing back down to what's commonly called reality can feel achingly disruptive 9/10. - Blurt
Drags you into a hazy world of bittersweet memories and the wish of what always lies beyond your ability to perceive. - Groovemine
His push toward sonic impressionism results in an outright musical alternate reality - Popmatters
One of the most painfully beautiful albums of 2012. - The Owl
Every cymbal roll and keyboard plink shimmers and gleams with irresistible loveliness. Songs like “Pretty Girls Are Everywhere” and “Copenhagen” are irrefutably gorgeous. - Delusions of Adequacy
Sophisticated gems of dreamy, wistful, and gentle soundscapes that are often dark in nature, yet pays an extraordinary amount of detail to gorgeous melodies that are nearly hypnotic. Gautreau’s vocals remain subdued, buried under ambient and ethereal layers of beauty and drenched in reverb- often approaching shoegaze tendencies - Bykerack
A great quiet pop masterpiece and one of the most achingly beautiful things we’ve heard in a while.
- POP Stereo
Ethereal layered soundscapes, melody and lyricism... exquisite alt-pop artistry in a world of echo and melancholy. - LIT
Delicate instrumental flourishes, hushed vocals and subtle melodies pervade the nine, wonderfully crafted songs on the album. ghostly vocals atop drums, guitar, keyboard and bass from an all star cast of musicians including Jeff Ryan (St. Vincent, War on Drugs), Howard Draper (formerly of Okkervill River), and Buffi Jacobs (Polyphonic Spree) who help paint lush soundscapes drenched in reverb and ambiance. - Migrate Music
Soothing, consoling, settling, and soft..intricately arranged, simply orchestrated harmonics and melodies. .- Zaptown
A gorgeous album...a thick, lush world, and every song seems to occupy a different space. - Donnybrook
Shimmers with new life, though it’s still laced with the overcast tone for which Crushed Stars are known. - The Observer