Tune in to...SHOUT OUT LOUDS on
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC
Tonight, Thursday, May 23
The band will be performing their song "
Walking in Your Footsteps" from their recently released, critically-acclaimed album
Optica on
Merge Records.
Watch the music video for "Walking in Your Footsteps"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaLfFSwAIq0********** "Particularly in its first half,
Optica plays like a marvelous '80s mixtape, albeit one with modern production values and a good deal of subtlety. The references aren't all pop, either - the album-opening "Sugar" sounds like 's Robert Smith stepping in to lead The Smiths - but the results, in all their sweet and sunny glory, invariably chime and shine."
-
NPR Music
"
Optica is a testament to the songwriting acumen of frontman Adam Olenius and the band's ability to translate the core sound of their favorite Cure and Smiths songs into something grand and modern."
- The Onion AV Club
"Bigger, richer, and more fun than its predecessor,
Optica drips with hyperactive lyrics, icy synths, and string arrangements..." -
Under The Radar
Published on May 23, 2013 14:17