"Reeking of Hefner and The Go-Betweens, this album stands as a homage to a great school of underground indie where books weren't just used for Ordinary Boys photoshoots, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of Orange Juice's back catalogue is grounds for marriage...awesome" 8/10 - NME

"All in all a promising debut" 4/5 - Subba-Cultcha

"It's genius, no doubt, but what in the world does it sound like? Sea shanty rock? The Libertines take a holiday to the seashore? It defies description." - rocksellout.com

"Bright, jangly, thoughtful indie music that gets better and better with every listen. They have an LP out now called 'Battleships & Aeroplanes' on Shifty Disco records, which you'll be playing over and over again until everyone you know is sick of it and doesn't like you anymore." - William Ravenscroft

"Playing a weird mix of indie rock and sea shanties, these guys are sort of like a British Decemberists, and are definitely one to watch." - spoonfed.co.uk

"It is King of Spain whose star burns the brightest." - gigwise.com

"As close to underground indie-dom as you can get" - musicomh.com

"These four blokes from South London have captured that raw Britishness of a Libertines record better than twenty other bands who were trying harder could do" - Bearded Magazine

"Indie rock crossed with Johnny Cash with a grunge Ian Botham on bass - awesome!" - Myriad Creatures