Within and Without

Spin (p.78) - "Greene teams with producer Ben Allen to revisit his '80s reveries, crafting Balearic bliss and refreshing New Romantic flounce..." Spin (p.22) - Ranked #35 in Spin's 'The Top 40 Albums Of 2011' -- "[A] spectacular 40-minute-wooze cruise -- its ear-tickling beats, cresting harmonies, and cascades of synths unrelentingly lap at listeners' pleasure centers..." Uncut (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "WITHIN AND WITHOUT charts a familiar shimmery beachscape between Julee Cruise Lynchpop, early OMD and Slowdive." CMJ - "[C]hillwave touchstones are alive and well on the record; tender, nostalgic vibes still emanate from each throwback synth pad and ethereal two-part harmony..." Billboard - "[T]he Georgia producer never sounded more calm or confident than on WITHIN AND WITHOUT The album ably bounces between propulsive and pacifying..." Q (Magazine) (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a dazzling array of arrangements -- from crisp rhythms, crackles, tinkling glocks and strings on 'Far Away' to slowed-down club soundtrack 'Soft'..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's music for dreaming, the keyboard equivalent to shoegaze, reinforced by its song titles and vocals mostly mixed beneath the waves to gorgeously woozy effect." Paste (magazine) - "[T]here are serious harmonies, fleshed-out choruses and flat-out gorgeous songs throughout WITHIN AND WITHOUT." Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]t's a sly, solid release that can fade into the background but has the ability to jump out and take hold of your ears." Clash (Magazine) - "Greene's stream-of-consciousness vocal floats above textured synth lines on the languorous, pulsing incantation of 'Amor Fati'."