SPIN, JULY 2008: …This immaculately organ-wheezing ’60s pop nugget is a Zombies-level revelation (“Violent Sensation Descends,” Songs You Need to Download Now, p. 28)

TIME-OUT NY: “Most bands will never write a song so flawless as Violens’ “Violent Sensation Descends.” … Your ears are broken if you don’t play it several times over before you can do anything else…Violens clearly draws from the mid-’80s U.K. indie scene (Aztec Camera, the Pale Fountains, Prefab Sprout) but doesn’t sound derivative of anyone; the group’s evocation of that era’s internationalist style and wit comes wrapped in a cool emotionalism that also characterizes Violens’ onstage vibe. The only issue with their shows is that we can’t get them to play a song more than once.”

RCRD LBL.COM : "Violens …make hallucinatory, ‘60s inspired pop records akin to Of Montreal imagining kicking it with the Zombies and Joe Meek back in the day. We’re releasing their first RCRD LBL single today, the bouncy “Violent Sensation Descends”. We’ve been listening to it all morning and we feel as if a void has been filled."

PITCHFORK MEDIA (Review of The Green Owl Comp featuring Feist, Muse, Bloc Party, Of Montreal, APTBS, and more): "Violens…may be less than a year old, but they are already the best discovery of this collection. Their stoned, sweet “Trance Like Turn” features sunny, vintage harmonies that peek through the gray clouds of their steely, post-punk beats and synthesized aggression."

TIME-OUT NY: “Expect (some of the most breathtaking idyll pop of the past few years) from this group: The handful of songs we’ve heard evoke classic moves of several underground groups of the UK ‘80s, like the Pale Fountians recording for the El label. More, Please!”