Aarktica

"[Jon DeRosa] is the arch-mastermind behind the warm, homey folk of Pale Horse and Rider...[b]ut none of his various projects are more dangerous, more insidious, than the icy calm of Aarktica's dreamy ambiance...Aarktica is cold, pure, and almost inescapably tranquil."

- Eric Carr, Pitchfork Media

Praise for Aarktica's latest LP, Matchless Years: "From my perspective, Matchless Years begins and ends with beauty, shaded deep blue for loneliness. The opener "Seventy Jane," one of Aarktica mastermind Jon DeRosa's most sublime songs yet, has some hope in its melody, but that's really more infatuation than hope, as the protagonist reveals the flame he holds for another lost soul...Every Aarktica album concisely puts forth its own feeling. In some ways this one seems both more personal and more universal. It has human beings searching for meaning, for a sense of home, escaping into darkness. In the musical marketplace Aarktica might live in the shadows as well, but their meeting of songs and atmosphere, sound and vision, is incomparable."

- Dave Heaton, Erasing Clouds