Excerpt: “My Majestic Star exudes warmth in its instrumentation where others deliver only frigidity… a graceful collection of delicate melodies that move at a natural pace—seemingly no faster than the pace of a flower growing, or the sun moving across the sky. A wonderful find for all fans of post-rock, shoegaze, or beautiful music.”
Excerpt: “‘The Red Summer Sun’ is the stunning centrepiece, where the ebb and flow of the minimalist textures is perfectly judged. So it’s another excellent performance from Sullivan. Just as his alias suggests, the music within is unrushed and graceful. Priest Lake Circa ‘88 maintains a hold on the listener throughout its near seventy-minute journey.”
Excerpt: “Slow Dancing Society has a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It would be quite difficult to convince someone that Priest Lake Circa ‘88 is not an ambient album, but it has a progression that is often lost; this music has taken a turn away from the conventional ambient genre. It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… Textures and timbre are executed with great precision… Even the simplest of songs allow complimentary textures to be layered upon each other to create a robust yet spacious sound. The thickest of compositions carry multi-timbral ideas over a wide range of melodies. Guitar is layered upon found sound, effect-laden synths, organs, and other texturally rich instruments. This makes for an album that is an aural delight for the listener. Priest Lake Circa ‘88, while labeled ambient, has its own identity that lets it stand out as a unique album in a sea of homogeneity. Ambient listeners will like this album, while ambient haters would do well to give this album a listen…”
Excerpt: “Too Late, The Day is the Australian ambient/shoegazing/post-rock band My Majestic Star’s second album. It opens with the light, dreamy title track which floats directly into ‘on afternoons’, the album’s without doubt best piece. A ten-minute long droning paradise…”
