"The narrative perspective is accompanied by a slight musical shift as well, with the band taking things in a "darker and heavier" direction than the breezy psych-infused cuts on the last album." - Exclaim!
“Like other neo-psych exemplars such as The Olivia Tremor Control or Spiritualized, Snake River pay their respects to the fab four, before veering off course and charting their own magical mystery tour packed with tasteful reverb, phantasmagoric harmonies, waves of noise, and tantalizing grooves.” - Cups N Cakes Network
"Sun Will Rise is one of the most exciting Canadian rock albums of the year and positions Snake River as the obvious masters of the psychedelic highway.” - Dominionated
"Snake River revels in reverb-soaked, angular vibrations all while presenting ethereal, melancholic tales." - Label Obscura
"Truly wild mindbending stuff. Recommended. We love it." - Babysue
"...a band lyrically hooked on fictional characters and increasingly heavy psych-pop." - CBC Music
"Unique and fascinating." - Grayowl Point
"Fantastic stuff. Sounds like: Staring into the darkening glow." - A Journal of Musical Things
"...more existential and poetic...electric folk and psychedelic vocals, distorting the source material into something otherworldly and strange." - Ride The Tempo
"...[un] métissage patient entre le rock roots et le post-punk...marquée par des détours et des progressions hypnotisâtes." - BRBR
"Almost like a novel set to music." - Saskatoon StarPhoenix
"The songs pack an emotional punch that deepens with a greater understanding of the storytelling, but is not dependent on it." - Ominocity