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“You wake from a dream, and the song is there, whole and trembling, as if some hidden room of the mind had been lit all night without your knowing. It has arrived carrying the strange authority of things discovered rather than made. For a moment, you are less its author than its witness, holding this fragile visitation before daylight, duty, and doubt begin their slow erasure. This is what happened to Chris Huggett of Modele one Christmas Day, ultimately resulting in the band’s new single Under The Starlight, from their upcoming album, Divine Surrender.”
— Post-Punk.com
“From the frostbitten fringes of Toronto, Modele (Chris Huggett and Nathan Wiltshire) serve up post-punk with bite and bite-back. Their latest release, Pleasure For The Holy, slinks through smoke-thick basslines and synths that smirk, channeling the decadent disillusionment of ‘80s new wave. It’s mood with muscle, swagger steeped in static: proof that gloom can still groove when dressed to kill. Their sound is akin to kindred spirits The Church, Simple Minds, and Depeche Mode with a more subdued oeuvre.”
— Post-Punk.com