I Die: You Die out of Vancouver had some rad words for “By the Stars!”
“Drawing together moody trad goth, dreampop and shoegaze with a sense of space and pacing, it’d be really easy for a piece like this to drift too far out to sea to ever come together, but the interplay between the vocals and guitars is deceptively tight without ever losing the pure dreamy pleasure of either.”
Mexico's La Caverna reviewed “By the Stars.” Gracias !
“na meditación etérea sobre la pequeñez humana frente a la inmensidad del universo. La canción navega entre folk atmosférico y dream pop con una delicadeza casi cinematográfica, creando la sensación de observar un cielo helado mientras los pensamientos más profundos flotan lentamente hacia la oscuridad”
Thank you to Analogue Trash in the UK for reviewing “By the Stars!”
“The band often explores the further reaches of post-punk in their music, and the rhythm section of the song largely comes from that direction, brooding in tone before smoothly progressing to a lighter feel, and then back. Ria Aursjoen's vocals are more than equal to the task of mastering those tonal shifts: at times ethereal, then doomily romantic, like listening to an angel falling to earth and becoming almost mortal.”
Monkeypress out of Germany reviewed “By the Stars.” Danke!
“Rollende Tom-Toms, schimmernde Gitarrenflächen und der warme, ätherische Gesang von Ria Aursjoen erzeugen eine Atmosphäre, die irgendwo zwischen Dream-Pop, Ethereal Wave und klassischem Darkwave schwebt. Gerade Fans von Cocteau Twins, The Cure oder frühen Shoegaze-Bands dürften sich hier sofort zuhause fühlen.”
Thank you to Destroy//Exist for the love! Read the full article here.
Thank you Aural Aggravation!
“a soft chiming guitar – wistful and ponderous – contrasts with a darker-sounding Cure-like chorus-soaked bass and rolling tom-led drums which arrive shortly after”
White Light//White Heat featured “By the Stars” as its "Track of the Day." Thank you!
“soul-stirring, mesmerizing ethereal ballad”
Great review of “By the Stars” at Post-Punk Monk!
“The multi-tracked expression vocals of Ria Aursjoen did nothing to break the foreboding spell of the song as they entered the fray, but following a descending fill by drummer Randy Gzebb, everything began to change. The vocal melody of Ms. Aursjoen began to soar as the effulgent guitar changed course and the song began to erupt into shards of light.”
Thank you to The Big Takeover!
“'By The Stars' is still full of rich and resonant guitars, full-on but precise drums, bass lines that deliver both momentum and melody, and of course, Ria Aursjoen’s dreamlike vocals, here pushing even further into the otherworldly realm that they are never too far from.”
