Excerpt: “The tone of the record is dark, brooding and heavenly atmospheric that lulls the listener with elegantly layered sounds, that sports a heavy ’80s influence. Boxharp’s strength lies in the subtle grace of their sound that is a beautiful collision of the old and the new with celestial synthesiser noise melded with folk nuances, that are encompassed by Allen’s delicate vocals… Boxharp play dreamy, ambient, experimental pop that have won them the public seal of approval from David Bowie himself, however The Green is not music for the mainstream… stick with The Green and you shall be rewarded for your perseverance with a rich musical tapestry that is overwhelmingly gorgeous in its construction.”

The Dwarf

Excerpt: “Boxharp’s Wendy Allen and Scott Solter fuse together unlikely soundscapes constructed of organic instrumentation, recorded beats, and breathy vocals to make unexpectedly lovely pop songs. ‘The Green’ features Allen’s voice swooping prettily over a bed of what sound like steel drums, underpinned with drum machine loops. It should be awful, but it coalesces into a lively song that is more than the sum of its parts.”

PopMatters

Excerpt [translated from the Italian]: “The Green demonstrates the seductive qualities of Boxharp with ethereal melodies stretched over rhythms…  An updated version of the dream-pop invented by the Cocteau Twins…. The Green has the advantage of not settling on a default: languid stretches of ambient zero gravity (‘The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cookie’) alternate with songs of powerful dreamwave (‘Sidestepping’).”

Ondarock

Excerpt: “Allen provides the vocals while multi-instrumentalist Solter provides the production side of the pair’s craft, together creating shimmering dream-pop and an intoxicating blend of prosaic folk influences with modern electronic techniques… The Green isn’t an album you’ll be humming in your head or singing along with, it doesn’t rely on hooks or big singles to make an impression… It manages to maintain the sensibilities of pop… without forgoing its more ethereal tendencies.”

Beat