‘Pertinax’ is a triumph of emotional depth and artistic persistence. It’s a rare fusion of intellect, spirit, and heart...​‘Pertinax’ occupies territory somewhere between art rock's intellectual ambitions and dream pop's emotional directness, filtered through a distinctly British sensibility that values understatement over bombast. The Mackies have created an album that is sophisticated, unsettling, and utterly their own...​It is elegant without being delicate, experimental without pretension, and emotionally honest without slipping into cliché.  If persistence had a soundtrack, this would be it.