Tears in X-Ray Eyes

This is an incredibly well-produced, quirky album of spiralling indie grooves and the second album from Tim Closs. An ambitious mix of electronica, guitars, strings and orchestral percussion fuse over 10 twisted tracks, in equal parts melancholy and optimistic, they all resonate with a longing for the imagined tranquility of a bygone age. Closs's lyrics and dense and expansive whilst the instrumentation and structure of each song and the entire album's progression is fascinating to say the least.

'The Way We Live Now' has a remarkable and individualistic quality, which is lacking in many of its peers. Patient, well-produced and possessing an underlying confidence, which allows its components the space to breathe and play, Closs will no doubt be furnishing our ears with magnificence in the future. Clash Magazine, December 2004