"Montreal-based musician Claire Boucher looks and acts like a comic book nerd’s dream girl. She makes and distributes her songs under the New Romantic moniker Grimes, and they follow suit: a Princess Peach voice over synthy, laptop-crafted melodies. The effect is magical and almost biorhythmic; it sounds like something from a utopian future.” W Magazine

 

"When listening to the bouyant hooks from "Oblivion" and the oddly serene beats on "Genesis", some of Grimes' current influences are a bit obvious right off the bat; the haunting falsetto of Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser and contemporary Asian pop music's aberrant giddiness immediately come to mind.” XLR8R

 

"Montreal-based musician Grimes aka Claire Boucher churns up wafts of magic potion for the ears. Her undulations seem vocally improvisational yet instrumentally calculated, her melodies dark yet liberating, meditative but danceable.” The Creator’s Project

 

"Claire Boucher, the Canadian recording artist occasionally known as Grimes, delivers the floatiest, synthiest, downright prettiest song of the new year.” Washington Post

 

"A mostly electronic vocabulary built around Boucher’s whimsical falsetto and propensity for kooky turns of phrase and live shows that incorporate elements of performance art.” Stereogum

 

"Early frontrunner for album of the year” Gorilla vs Bear

 

“Other-worldly voice, dubstep-inflected beats, and twisted melodies" NYLON

 

“What happens when you merge the soundtracks of Twin Peaks and Tron? Listen to Grimes latest album Visions to find out: you’ll be transported to a land of heart-shaped lockets, the log lady, light cycles, and lasers...Suddenly you’re Laura Palmer in the red room watching a dwarf dance by strobe light - bizarre but beautiful.” BUST