Miracle Fortress (Montreal musician/producer Graham Van Pelt) gained international
recognition in 2007 for his debut album Five Roses, a
unique collection of psychedelic shoegazey-pop that garnered high praise from
numerous outlets.The Guardian gave it
five stars and called it “gorgeous from start to finish,” Spin proclaimed
“Montreal’s latest revelation is a pure pop pick me up” with four stars; and
the Montreal Gazette called it “an indie-rock / synth-pop masterpiece,”
bestowing five stars.It
was also short-listed for Canada’s Polaris Prize that year, alongside Arcade
Fire’s Neon Bible and Feist’s The Reminder.
