Andrew McDonald, Journalist

The band’s unique and soulful take on speed-driven Californian punk rock is still as exciting as it always was.

This debut certainly doesn’t outstay its welcome, but it still could have been trimmed a little. Not that any one song is an outright flop, but none of them shine with the capabilities certain individual moments imply the duo can.

Boris are one of the most exciting live acts around and we are lucky to have them.

Powerfully sexual and fuzzed out 40 minutes of blues punk rock’n’roll.

This is not the Sigur Rós of old.

Dereb’s already impressive vibrations and charisma became positively infectious.

Power chords, punchy vibes and high-octane energy.

Fans will love the record and the unconverted will remain so, but it is very difficult to entirely resist the charm of this album of conflicts – between nature and nurture, between the abstract and personal.

It may not have been built for them, but Kraftwerk sure made the Opera House theirs.

Who knows if Parquet Courts can keep this tone up for a long career, but if you buy into Light Up Gold, for 33 minutes it’s damn near all you’ll ever want to hear.