★★★★★
As the years pass, more buckets of shimmer are added to the proverbial grassy knoll of summery indie music that has inundated the airwaves for five years now. Devendra Banhart begat MGMT begat Real Estate begat Avi Buffalo begat Night Moves; the list could go on for a long time, and doubtless with much interlinked personnel. Not that this is a bad thing; the bands listed above are generally pretty good. But how long can we endure this ill-fitting, hazy optimism...
- drownedinsound.com
2013-04-08
★★★★★
Thanks to the efforts of bands from MGMT to Tame Impala, swirly psych-pop with a brazen retro sheen has become the modus operandi for new bands who have haircuts as outrageous as their drug consumption. Minneapolis trio Night Moves have followed the formula - from the paisley shirts through to the circling reverb and crystal-cut guitar whooshes...
- www.nme.com
2013-03-19
★★★★★
The afterlife of Marc Bolan is a strange affair. It seems every couple years a band comes around so heavily indebted to the glam-boogie of T. Rex that its songs make you wonder if you'd missed some deep track that has only now been unearthed. Yet, for some reason, the influence of T. Rex is often not detrimental. Here, derivativeness can actually benefit since the gleeful enjoyment of rock and roll that Bolan purveyed is pretty irresistible...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-10-18
★★★★★
Colored Emotions is flush with shimmer and twang. Minneapolis trio Night Moves find a sound somewhere between the freewheeling folk-rock of My Morning Jacket and the glammy psych of MGMT. A little bit country, a little bit spacey; like laser-pistoleros in puffy sleeves and cowboy boots. This transfusion of trends is best embodied in lead singer John Pelant's falsetto drawl: breezy, with a laid-back twang. The guitars and percussion are just as languid...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2012-10-15
★★★★★
This Minneapolis trio briefly posted their debut album for free last year through Bandcamp before they realized the label interest it was generating. Now signed to Domino, the band has re-tooled their debut for its official release, and the end result is an often-stunning set of atmospheric psych-pop inflected with glam-rock, country, soul and more...
- kexp.org
2012-10-15