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Mar 16, 2015The sounds he and Smith craft together gel in a way far more urgent and quickly unfolding than most Eluvium material, taking Maze of Woods into a place that seems less quietly observant and more driven to explore, attempt, and understand.
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Mar 10, 2015Maze of Woods is a superb record and one that should give confidence in the continued potential of the band.
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Mar 10, 2015Sometimes challenging, other times comforting, Inventions encourage you to step inside the imagination portal and dream.
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Mar 19, 2015Throughout, and to the album's benefit, the duo's individual identities are more fully dissolved, so they can be more malleable in pursuing the idea behind a given song.
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Mar 10, 2015Often interesting and occasionally moving, and at a compact 40 minutes, Maze Of Woods certainly doesn’t outstay its welcome and steers well clear of self-indulgence.
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Mar 10, 2015The artistry is unquestionable, but ultimately the indulgence of the album’s creation seems to have fogged Invention’s original vision.
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Mar 16, 2015Maze Of Woods occupies a different plain, a more embryonic one that finds its stand out moments in a subtler way.
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Mar 13, 2015There's very little on offer to ground the listener here, which makes Maze of Woods a challenging collection; it's the aural equivalent of a 90-minute movie that feels like a 3-hour watch.
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Q MagazineMar 10, 2015Its meticulously layered creations are hampered by both a pervasive aura of high seriousness and general lack of sonic variation. [Mar 2015, p.110]