New album, Pan Pan Medico, out now! Visit www.hinterland.bc.ca for details on where and how to purchase it.

What they did come out of the studio with was a tight ensemble sound, in which the guitar and keyboard parts weave in and out, both important but neither dominating. Galloway's waifish vocals having a distinctive character (you can sense her distress when she sings about mental illness as in "Somatoform") yet one inviting comparison to '80s pop—maybe what might happen if Altered Images merged with Echo and the Bunnymen. (the Province newspaper)

From somewhere beneath the schizophrenic synthesisers and taut rhythms comes a need to escape, a desire to break away from monotonous, materialistic bonds and our own obsessive, set-in-the-past ways. Pan Pan Medico is the third album by Vancouver, BC’s Hinterland and is as equally enthralling and addictive as their previous record, Picture Plane. Hinterland’s moody, new wave-flavoured dream pop casts its spell over all 12 songs, dragging the listener into a rabbit hole of shoegaze-drenched rock riffs and heavy pop melodies. “Detwiller Pavilion” is the new “Sirens,” kicking out our feet from beneath us with an intensity and momentum that leaves you wondering which way is up and which way is down. Vocalist Michaela Galloway leads our falling, flailing bodies into a realm of dark and light, of distortion and disillusion, capturing sentiment in a gentle frosting that dusts itself over songs like “Future Ghost” and “You Speak < I’m Silent”. Maybe Hinterland’s psychological explorations have fiddled with our psyches enough to force us to become devoted minions, but my hunch seems to think immaculate talent has something to do with it. (Exclaim!)

Pan Pan Medico is an incredibly cohesive album, full of abstract nuances…Hinterland's music is raw and experimental, but lead singer Michaela Galloway`s voice is incredibly ethereal…A song like “Somatoform” (the definition is similar to Munchausen syndrome by proxy) as one example of all the songs on Pan Pan Medico, is great all on its own, with dark humour and reflective commentary on societal stigmatism that makes the track multi-dimensional, abstract, concrete and interesting all at the same time. Yet, when paired with the track after it “The Lepidopterist” (an entomologist who specializes in butterflies and moths) you manage to get a larger picture of a cerebral album that demands its listener to think. (AnE Vibe)

Sounds Like: An epic post-psychedelic, synthed-out, new wave, electro-infused noctournal escape into the deep dark wilderness... Sometimes an album, while intended to perhaps pull off a completely opposite effect, ends up sounding like an unintentional soundtrack. Be it a horror movie, animated avante-garde porn flick or, in the case of B.C.’s Hinterland, a free-for-all documentary of wildlife’s noctournal behavioural patterns. Plus, while listening to Pan Pan Medico, I kept picturing lead singer Michaela Galloway running, trying to escape from some unseen terror, hooved animal or demented force of reckoning. Sound like your cup of bitter, black tea? If so, you’ll dig “300.6,” for its well-angled arrangements; “Somatoform,” which opens up like the doors to a dark cavern; the stark, slightly jarring “Titled”; and the surprisingly upbeat “The First, The Last.” My fave has got to be the hauntingly melodic track “Future Ghost,” which almost sounds like a whispered lullaby. All in all, a well-sewn selection of morose and melancholy songs that will sit on you like a cold mist at dusk. (SoundProof)

The third album by Vancouver's Hinterland is full of sonic and stylistic contrasts. Elements of syth-pop, new wave and ambience stand next to dreamy pop and other influences. The album takes its title from a nautical distress call which means that there is an emergency on board but that the vessel is in no imminent danger. The music bears the same kind of feel—excited but not urgent.The vocal stylings of Michaela Galloway are ethereal and compelling, complemented by her sonically-interesting Moog playing. The rest of the band establishes a unique framework of guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, keeping the focus on Galloway's vocals.“You Speak < I'm Silent” is the strongest track on the album, with its meandering bass line, jangly guitars and catchy melody. “Future Ghost” is haunting and ambient. Other highlights include “Detwiller Pavilion”, “Magellan”, “Geometry” and “The Sentinel”. (Belleville Intelligencer)

Vancouverites Hinterland blend synth rock and jangle pop to pretty decent effect. Their third record takes it's name from a nautical distress call, and the lyrics echo a lost in the wild theme. Hinterland can be dreamy and ambient, visceral and alive all in the same song. Cool shit. (Quick Before It Melts)

If you're a big fan of the Moog, I'm guessing that you'll be a fan of Hinterland and might want to check them out. They bring together a synth-rock concoction of new wave and dream-pop mixed with a futuristic distorted jolt that will leave you wondering how it all came together. Behind it all are the vocals of Michaela Galloway whose voice sometimes flows like honey and at other times soars high. What I find most interesting and ultimately most enjoyable about the album is the subtle shift from style to style. (Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It?

Pan Pan Medico is an archaic nautical medical emergency distress signal and reflects the theme of escape present in the third album from Hinterland – a dreampop band from Vancouver’s rich indie trenches. This band eliminates predictability and uniformity of pace in their latest musical offering with a synthetic new wave sound, which has been compared to that of such post-punk bands as The Cure. Despite some abrupt transitions, “Pan Pan Medico” is not a series of tracks tossed together as much as a premeditated progression, a journey. (Youthink)