Pure Magic in music form - The entire album feels like getting hope injected directly into your heart, and transports me into a different world listening to it. Beyond the Fleeting Gales sounds out a fantasy world ripped straight out of a beautiful movie, with the twinkly chiptune and powerful guitar rock that at times can feel nostalgic, really makes an experience of, again, Magic. The album perfectly fits into its sound, no track sounding too different from the rest while still having unique ... read more
owl city if he was good at making music
...seriously though, an amazing album with only a couple weak spots, still presenting itself as one of the prettiest most fun indie synth pop records i've spent my time to listen to. through the record it's very twinkly and sparkly, and has that tinge of 2010s nostalgia with some seriously creative synth and sampling/resampling work. to add to this glittery sound, michael angelakos colors it in with his slightly strange, falsetto voice that ... read more
i really wish i liked this album more. loving Emily Greens guitar work as a member of Geese, i unfortunately found the album to just be boring. the vocal processing takes me out of the experience and i found myself annoyed by the apparent autotune used throughout the album. its some cutesy guitar driven lo-fi pop songs but at the end of the day nothing to write home about. i hope to see improvement in the future for this band, as they seem to still be finding their footing.
favorite - oh oh ... read more
full of great blackgaze-esque shoegazy instrumentation, gut wrenching vocal performance