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“slow-motion shoegazers reborn as purveyors of luminous and deeply affecting electronic pop.” – Pitchfork
“It Hurts Me All the Time”—a track that, for all the contemporary bands dancing on Joy Division’s grave, is one of the few to capture the glacial beauty of “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” – Pitchfork
“Like a distant cousin of M83’s Saturday=Youth, the sophomore set from Canadian dream-popper’s Faunts comes off as perhaps the best medicine currently available in which to drown you sorrows over the fact that there’s probably not going to be another Postal Service album” – Under the Radar
“The result is an album that’s atmospheric but never with so much room to wander that you get lost and forget you’re listening to something a human being made. These songs lack the gaunt, pale, emotional sterility that electro is often characterized by, and thank god for music with something to grab onto.”
Sup Magazine
“On Feel. Love. Thinking. Of., their second full-length and fourth release in total, their maturity as a band truly shows. Prepared with a rich sonic palette that combines hushed production with a love of vintage dance pop, the album is unified by the band’s careful attention to detail and top-notch songwriting.” – Exclaim Magazine
“Prepared with a rich sonic palette that combines hushed production with a love of vintage dance pop, the album is unified by the band’s careful attention to detail and top-notch songwriting.” – Exclaim
“Bubbly guitars feel weightless”. – nytimes.com
“Eno, The Orb, Underworld, Radiohead, and Loscil are a few notable electronic/indie standard-bearers who dazzle listeners with their subtle, sublime, amorphous music. The term “ambient” doesn’t do justice to these artists, who incorporate cinematic features, dub bass, layered melodies and of course, clever rhythmic addition and subtraction. Now, add Edmonton, Canada’s classy five-piece ensemble Faunts to the aforementioned list of dream-inducing sound sculptors, with their new M4 EP as compositional evidence.” – XLR8R.com
[Faunts are] “driving along the same star-lit road as The Smiths’ “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,” but these love-sick passengers are lucky enough not to get hit head-on by that double-decker bus” – Fluxblog
“Gorgeous, lush shoe-gazey indie rock…very pleasurable” – Music For Robots
“Despite the self-deprecating title, ‘High Expectations/Low Results’ is an amazingly ambitious and expansive album, garnering the group comparisons to the likes of Sigur Ros and the Cure. While the record’s sound is completely Edmonton – cold, sparse, yet comforting – it’s hard to believe that the band’s combination of ambient guitar, soft drums and ethereal keys was born here rather than Montreal or Toronto” – Vue Weekly