"Spires That in the Sunset Rise emit such inspired gusts of collective fire that they resemble a witches' coven almost as much as a band, their shadow-draped music seeming to issue forth organically from the soil like a sulfurous hot spring... [They] invoke the unbounded, ageless music one might expect to hear emanating from the deepest forest, as mysterious black-cloaked figures dance around the fire-ring." —Pitchforkmedia

"This is the best release from Spires in the Sunset Rise yet... This is Fire (Secret Eye) is fantastic and is a big step forward for the band. There isn't a chink in their armor at all here. The music is constantly powerful and primal, not only that but the band are quite on their own in terms of style. As unique as I find them, it's only now that I think they've captured the perfect sound that they've been striving for." —Brainwashed

"intoxicating and intense!" —The Wire

"The Spires' third album is a masterpiece in their already mind-boggling and totally unique musical ouvre. With This is Fire (Secret Eye), the all femme group takes another step away from the scattered pagan howls and freakouts of their incredible self-titled debut (The Slits plays Comus?) towards the realm of pure psychedelic mysticism." —Foxy Digitalis

"[Spires] navigate an empathic terrain that veers between acid-damaged Comus-inspired witchery, and more mild-mannered areas that resemble Bridget St. John suffering from ergotism, or the Raincoats as a coven." —Dream Magazine