'The Past is a Foreign Country', the debut album of UK-based ambient/electronic band Venona Pers, is a series of dense collages of acoustic sounds and computer-generated noise. Drawing inspiration from ambient sound manipulators and mixing in heavy doses of early shoegaze inspiration to produce sumptuous, blissful, bucolic textures, 'The Past is a Foreign Country' has been superbly received, gathering a great selection of reviews.

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"Venona Pers have produced an album of tender beauty which stands out, its delicate guitar picking providing navigational waypoints through the faded mist of noise and epic soaring guitars. Fans of ambient music will find much to enjoy here, equally post-rock and shoegaze followers should pick up this album. Recommended listening."
Future Sequence
www.futuresequence.com/article/review-venona-pers-the-past-is-a-foriegn-country/

"UK based duo Venona Pers debut album “The Past is a Foreign Country” could be one of the last records to buy in 2010. Especially if you usually listen to at least one of the following genres: ambient, shoegazing, alt folk or post-rock …"
Fluid Radio
www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/12/venona-pers-the-past-is-a-foreign-country/

"When you’re ready to indulge in a little alt-folk, hazy psychedelics, acoustic post-rock and/or fuzzy ambient, all in one go, have I got a CD for you ... This is quite simply one of the best discs I’ve heard lately. I think you’ll find this one getting set to repeat often. The Past is a Foreign Country is a Hypnagogue Highly Recommended CD."
Hypnagogue
hypnagogue.net/2011/05/12/venona-pers-the-past-is-a-foreign-country/

BEST OF THE YEAR: The Past is a Foreign Country also features in Future Sequence's Best Albums of 2010 (honourable mention).
Future Sequence Best of 2010

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More tracks available on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/venona-pers