Press

Seattle Weekly:
"Where has this band been all my shoegaze-loving life? Their online bio, which features drop-down choices in a Mad-lib style, isn't much help: 'C'est La Mort was founded in [1983/1979/2003 or so/prison] after [seeing the sex pistols in Manchester/hooking up via the now pitiful Friendster], when all the members discovered a shared love of [ethereal post-goth/shoes/Jacques Brel] and [chorus pedals/delay pedals/flanger pedals/chorus, delay, and flanger pedals/midori sours]. Wait, actually, that kind of explains everything. 2005's Strength In Numbers carried off its Cure-and-Cocteau basslines and vocals brilliantly, and I look forward to hearing much more from this four piece. Despite their name, they convey a joie de vivre."--RACHEL SHIMP

NW Source People's Picks (Best Unsigned Band):

Nadamucho.com:
""C'est La Mort is breathtaking. This luscious four-piece has otherworldly female harmonies that float far past the stratosphere. "Ashes, Ashes" has Cure bass lines and closes with a spacy interplay between one voice singing, "Is your love for real?" while the other voice breathes, "It's a long fall down." This song will make you numb! It's so spooky your spine will lose feeling. "Collapse" also utilizes this dreamy equation with ethereal beauty, and I don't use the word 'ethereal' very often." -- Paul

"C'est la Mort. This is by far my favorite band on the whole compilation and I'm looking forward to hearing more from them. The instrumentals are nice, but nothing that jumped out at me, but the vocal mixes were great and I would've been happy with a toy drum machine in the background." -- Julia.

Coast is Clear:
"C'est La Mort - Tödlich gut
"Bei einem meiner Streifzüge durch die Blogwelt stieß ich vor einiger Zeit auf eine amerikanische Band aus Seattle, die in einem Posting über Shoegazebands erwähnt wurde - C'est La Mort. Interessanter Name, dachte ich so bei mir, da höre ich doch mal rein. Mein Gespür trog mich nicht, denn diese Band spielt reinen Shoegaze mit höchstens 50% Wave- und Post-Punk-Beimischung, und das in ausgesprochen überzeugender und atmosphärischer Manier! 2005 erschienen erste Songs auf der Compilation «Strength in numbers» (nicht zu verwechseln mit dem gleichnamigen Calla-Album!) und derzeit wird an neuem Material gearbeitet."

Mars Needs Guitars:
"Shoegazer Fetish
"C'est La Mort are from Seattle and have all the right elements in place for "traditional" shoegaze - swirling guitars and hypnotic female vocals. Definitely from the school of Cocteau Twins (to name one) and that is all right by me."

Are You Familiar:
"So the AYF? Shoegaze Retrospective still isn't finished. One day. One day. Until then, check out C'est La Mort. These guys and girls manage to reference Cocteau Twins and The Chameleons in the most direct of ways without sounding like a poor rip-off of either. That's tough to do, and has earned them that rare distinction of being a worthwhile modern shoegaze band. As if they could be anything else with a name like that."