The '59 Sound

'This is an exceptionally fine album, one of rare heart, soul and charm. Stripped down to just one acoustic guitar, (Brian) Fallon's songs would lose none of their poignancy or power: played by a young band with a masterful awareness of pacing and accents they pulse with life. To hear them is to be transported into the lives of girls with Monroe hips and Audrey Hepburn pearls, of boys with wounded hearts and tattooed lines beneath their skin, of diners and Ferris wheels, of lives lived with no retreats and no regrets. It starts on a pessimistic note, with a man bloodied by a life-time of disappointment, telling a lover 'Everybody leaves, so why wouldn't you?' (Great Expectations) and ends in optimism, with a beautifully concise image of escapism in the simple lyric 'in the backseats we just tried to find some room to breathe' (The Backseat). It's punk rock's very own Born To Run.' - KERRANG! (UK)