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"Rich on mood and texture, The Glaciers debut "The Moonlight Never Misses an Appointment" is an album of understated beauty... The Glaciers play the kind of atmospheric, rootsy pop that will last the whole summer. In other words, this is an album that sticks. Linge's vocals are a stirring combination of darkness and light, and she commandeers every song with phrasing that is both assured and original. Much to recommend here, but to name a few, "World On Fire" suggests a more upbeat Beth Orton; "Habit To Break" is a country-tinged number replete with a wistful dose of pedal steel; and "To Be One" is a dreamy folk ballad that comes with a perfectly weepy string arrangement. Recorded in the basement of the couple's home studio in Queens, the production here is intimate and warm, and lends a personal quality to tracks like the acoustic "Mobile Home" or the spare and moving "Fleeing Away." Lovely work."
-Amplifier Magazine |
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"It's a cracker! - Imagine if Bobbie Gentry had spent her formative years immersed in the Oregon/Seattle indie scene of the mid-`90s. That`s the first impression given by The Glaciers... But first impressions can be misleading as the duo of Jackie Linge and Ian Stynes (both Mendoza Line alumni) prove that each new song offers a new shadowy vantage point. And grey days darken the vista throughout this relatively down-beat record which moves from delicate indie-folk to brooding rockers on up to the occasional roots-pop tune with sweeping and twangy pedal-steel. Alternating steel players Gerald Menke (C. Gibbs) and Bob Hoffnar (Hem, Amy Allison, Ryan Adams) each help enrich these moody pieces throughout the record. And a host of other New York area players - including a trumpeter, a lush and haunting string quartet as well as cellist Linnea Weiss - all add a sad baroque quality to the songs."
-Miles Of Music |
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"The music is countrified pop - or popified country if you prefer - with an emphasis on the pop. I hear more and more bands unashamedly mixing country into their songs, and often it takes a very talented act doing so to keep my interest. For those who are ashamed to like country music, bands like The Glaciers make it easy. There's more pop than country here, with strings on some songs, keyboards on others, and Linge's voice providing a lovely but emphatic accompaniment. Many of the band's songs are stirringly pretty..."
-Delusions Of Adequacy |
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"With a star-studded lineup, headed by former Mendoza Line members Ian Stynes and Jackie Linge, and thickened with the help of friends from Hem, Mercury Rev, The Essex Green and more, the group has no shortage of indie cred. The maturity of the playing and the songwriting is solid... The Glaciers first release is an intriguing affair of wholesome alt-country... Truthfully, they dont need any help coming up with a hit... Linge tries on several suits, from Jenny Lewis to Cat Power, to Liz Phair. Even when the music says one thing, albeit really well, her voice has the potential to turn the corner and speak to multiple generations."
-Urban Pollution |
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"The Glaciers, although from New York City, seemed to have stumbled upon a way of making East Coast music with a bit of pop flare and a dash of country. A dizzying array of instruments help them create a sound that is rather surprising and intimate even though they can almost be their own orchestra. ...it touches you in a place where you just want to mellow out at the end of the day and listen to some comfort music."
-Lucid Forge |
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"While The Moonlight Never Misses An Appointment, The Glaciers certainly never miss an opportunity to charm and beguile with their ethereal indie-pop. It seems easy to compare Jackie Linge's breathy and nodding voice to Cat Power... but there is a ferocity to it that The Greatest herself does not possess. Intentions are muddied with aplomb and disparate lyrics fly over the merry stomp of the more boisterous tunes, with Mono Highway standing out as a growly testament of theft and horror. But for every growl there is an equally delightful purr, with opening track World On Fire lolloping through treacle-space like a sodden cat. The wiry but fulsome steel guitar remains a focus throughout the record, but it is ably showcased at the outset, weaving delicately with the rest of the ensemble without being too obtrusive... The Glaciers are not quite capable of the icy chill and refracted warmth that their name might imply, but there are the makings of something more sublime and epic just bubbling under the ice-flow. So grab a rod, come fishing with The Glaciers they'll warm you up and sustain you..."
-Indie Workshop |