The EP wound up on a feature by UK blog thelineofbestfit. Check it out!

"These days we seem to be bombarded with a more or less constant stream of new bands, shows, movies, junkfood and beard grooming kits. Sometimes it gets too much and it is all to easy to get cynical about those who run about championing things as the greatest this or that since, er…the last one. Yet, every now and then something or someone gets through the cracks, rises above the general morass and makes you sit and take stock, even for just a few minutes. From the moment I hit play on The Wilderness of Manitoba’s latest EP ‘Hymns of Love and Spirits’ I knew I was hooked. There’s a stark understated beauty to it’s 8 tracks, which combine perfectly executed four part harmonies intertwinned with muted banjos, solitary cello and subtle fingerpicked parts. There’s a clear homage to the ‘classics’: Joni, Neil and CSNY but the heavily reverbed guitars and slow pace also call to mind slowcore lynchpins Red House Painters and, to an extent Neil Halsted’s Mojave 3. ..."

Also shoutouts at tunesinto and snobs music.

"If I were limited to only stating one thing in this review it would be that this record is a picturesque dream that’s drifting throughout the wind. The Wilderness of Manitoba’s most recent EP Hymns of Love & Spirits is a beautifully crafted acoustic/folk record that speaks to the soul."

And one at Quick Before it Melts:

"Their harmonies and sombre instrumental arrangements hearken back to the heyday of folk and beyond, almost convincing you that these are mystical medieval field recordings.  With just the sound of birds chirping, and a new day dawning acting as overdubs, there’s nothing masking the stark beauty of Hymns of Love and Spirits, one of the best albums by a Canadian band this year."