"After almost four years, post-rock sextet Apricot Rail have put twelve more tracks to record. Fronted by Ambrose Nock, Rail’s eponymous debut back in 2008 hurled like a bolt into an explosion of acclaim; the afterglow of which gradually dimmed into an Apricot Rail pressure phosphene of support gigs and occasional recurrences on the Perth live circuit. But in the right-here-right-now,<em> Quarrels</em> is a stunning record; it is Rail’s abrupt and brilliant re-entry into the id of contemporary alternative music.

The album is largely instrumental, and breaking it down commits a fundamental error in prying Mayuka Juber’s woodwind from Jack Quirk’s glockenspiel and the unifying fabric of Nock’s guitar. <em>Quarrel</em>’s first single <em>Surry Hills</em> provides solid ground for an introduction to the record: although superficially indistinct from the album with its cascading arpeggio (a guitar with reverb perhaps, although digital production makes it all a guess), operating as part of a larger whole its place becomes clear. <em>Ibis Snowstorm </em>is concise but immaculate, at only 2:36, it’s a shorter track, but with the precision and subtlety of a mosquito-bite. <em>Third Ballroom</em> counterpoints<em> Ibis</em>, resulting in a rural, melancholic grandeur. <em>Eked</em> is gossamer and sparse as a paddock at 5am, <em>Dore Strac</em>h is a spiralling, whirling conclusion.

Etherial and compelling are not adjectives applied to this record with the intention they’ll be bubble-wrapped alongside a styrofoam press release for Yet Another Up And Coming Band That Actually Isn’t: Quarrels envelopes the listener like a rain curtain, with Rail’s six individual parts contracting into a tourniquet with exactly the kind of apparent, balmy temperance that actually masks rigid and almost brilliant perfectionism. Simply and quietly, this is an incredible album."

- <a href="http://themusic.com.au/reviews/album/2013/02/14/apricot-rail-quarrels-callum-twigger/" target="_blank"><strong>Drum Media, Callum Twigger</strong></a>