Ontario ambient pop duo
You'll Never Get to Heaven first emerged in 2012, creating pleasantly hazy soundscapes threaded with singer Alice Hansen's willowy vocals. Following a pair of independent releases in their native Canada, the group signed with American indie Yellow K Records, who released their third outing,
Images, in early 2017. Co-conspirator Chuck Blazevic paints the canvas of
Images with heavily treated synth and guitar textures, creating an appropriate backdrop for Hansen's hushed deliveries on more pop-oriented tracks like "Shared Dreams" and the title cut. Elsewhere, the pair collaborate on more cerebral instrumental offerings like the celestial "Shadow Garden" and the misty closing trio of "Vapor Frames," "Wind," and "Rain Copy." Surprisingly,
You'll Never Get to Heaven are at their best on those more ambient vocal-less tracks, building strange windows whose formlessness somehow makes them even more enticing. ~ Timothy Monger