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“Really, really highly recommended.” Stephen Thompson, NPR All Songs Considered
Top ten albums of 2024- Indie Basement
Album of the week! - Brooklyn Vegan
“Very finely crated songs… Karen Peris’s voice continues to convey warmth and wonder. “ Uncut
12 albums to Listen to Now “Front and center across the album is Karen Peris’ evocative, tender (voice) as she tells stories of love, longing, and the lengths we will go to transcend distance in the name of both.” Pitchfork
“Always attentive to the poetry of the little things of everyday life, Karen Peris puts color in her songs, like the multiple nuances present in nature that inspires her…simple words worked until they reach a certain truth, tell of hope, expectation, love, gratitude, memory and loss too, often with a spiritual dimension.” RadioFrance.fr
“the innocence mission have always been purveyors of a kind of indie-pop that provides shelter from the cacophony of life. Records like theirs will never stop being needed – they’re trusty friends in sonic form, always there to comfortingly share your sadness. Midwinter Swimmers ranks amongst their finest work.” Shindig / UK – 4 stars ****
“It’s been 35 years since the innocence mission’s debut but time hasn’t eroded the impact of frontwoman Karen Peris’ voice... Like Natalie Merchant, Beach House’s Victoria Legrand or Jessica Pratt, her words glancing against hard or intense emotions... Songs of experience, beautifully realised.” MOJO – 4 stars ****
“Exquisite...” The Guardian / UK– 4 stars ****
“With Midwinter Swimmers, the innocence mission continue the trend of creating albums of sparkling clarity and coherent vision. The quality is always unfalteringly high throughout, and the tonal and thematic shifts provide enough progression to make every new album essential. This is no exception.” KLOF mag / UK
Midwinter Swimmers, the trio’s 13th studio album, is one of their most spectacularly beautiful, deserving of mention in the same breath as the classic Befriended (2003) and reminiscent, too, of the earlier Small Planes(2001)…luxuriating in familiar sonic spaces made new with greater insight and deepened affection.” thelineofbestfit.com / UK
“Midwinter Swimmers’ is an intimate gem. There are no wasted notes and all the subtle shifts in mood and instrumentation are immaculate. Karen’s voice is distinctive and has an emotive fragility.” Silentradio.co.uk
“The tracks shine in great harmonie and rich timbres. In addition, the songs not only flow quietly, there are always short pauses, spherical-elegic instrumental bridges - which then flow into radiant choruses. And despite the basic sweetness, the production always comes up with little surprises like the guitar pickings reminiscent of Echo & The Bunnymen and the Go-Betweens. "Midwinter swimmers" is an effective antidote against hatred, incitement and discord. It offers a different perspective on autumn and the approaching winter.” Plattentests.de
“Midwinter Swimmers feels more expansive and richer than their previous work... the album aches with melancholy and quiet beauty... Peris’s lyrics riveting, blending mentions of colour, doorways and nature to create a dream-like pastoral landscape.” No More Workhorse/UK