"Braids’ songs revolve around loops and layers of guitars and keyboards, setting up cascading arpeggios and pointillistic cross-currents, pulsating drones and stereophonic ripples." -New York Times

“The quartet's bracing debut Native Speaker is almost Inception-like in its warping of reality, equally tactile and dissolute, cerebral and surreal and ultimately haunting for its refusal to answer questions the same way twice.” – Pitchfork

"It’s heady music about the body and its imperatives. And it’s every bit as mesmerizing and vertiginous as desire can be." - New York Times

"glimmering, pastoral post-rock with foul-mouthed lyrics chirped unfiltered from the psyche of singer Raphelle Standell-Preston"
8/10 Stars - SPIN Magazine

"at times nutty, at times serene, mash-up of pastoral guitar babble, minimal orchestral drones, loopy chorale vocals and porous, roiling rhythms." - Rolling Stone

"a unique, mesmerizing timbre that sounds like the reckless daughter of Panda Bear and Sugarcubes-era Bjork. ...you have yourself one of the most invigoratingly singular pop tones racing across the blogosphere today." - Blurt Magazine

“Braids’ forward-thinking orchestration and deeply passionate delivery makes Native Speaker a sublime debut, and it stands as the year’s first truly outstanding record” - Toronto Eye Weekly