Amazon.co.uk Review
Ten one-word titles might convey a sense of Picture Center's minimal approach; even more so the hazy monochrome sleeve image of a mountain. But in Picture Center's case, minimalism shouldn't be confused with tunelessness: shades of
Cocteau Twins and floaty showgazers
Slowdive abound in the icy desolation of "Fade" and "This". However, while the chord sequences may have been plucked out of the ether, the best songs on
The Wonders Of God's Heaven And Earth are rooted in workaday melancholia, misunderstood conversations and, in some cases, dying relationships. Not a cheery affair then, but amid such a beautifully fragile string of pearls lies an overall sense of redemption.
--Peter Paphides