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What people have said about us and our music:

“the world needs more bands like the Psychotic Reaction”

Lobster Quadrille

“Their variable rainbow of sounds jumps out the speakers and gives a good impression of a multitude of bands playing at the same time in perfect harmony, it’s magical and promising”

Ross Drummond, God Is In The TV

“Beautifully fuzzy, organ-led rock n roll with the good-times melodies of Madness with the fire and passion of Elvis Costello at his best!”

Jeremy Chick, Subba-Cultcha

“It’s playful and catchy and all the better for being DIY and a little bit rough around the edges production wise”

Shane Blanchard, Tasty

“Tuneless tumbledown charm from The Psychotic Reaction is as sweet as it is peculiarly familiar”

Fran Donnelly, High Voltage

“I think The Psychotic Reaction are definitely a band to see live, energetic and mad!”

Shoaib Mughal, Shepz

“It is the diversity between the warped ghostly instrumentals and dark sophisticated pop which keeps me captivated and engrossed in this deformed monster of an album.”

Joey Sandinista, Damn Pest

“The Psychotic Reaction fail to match the inspired Magpie tendencies of their nomenclature with the insipid & truly dire “It’s A Small Town” (you don’t say?).”

Trakmarx

“Rumble provided me with one of the most engaging listening experiences in quite a while.”

Liam McGrady, God Is In The TV

“This is a band with talent, craftsmanship and something to say.”

Clare O’Brien, Subba Cultcha

“This album should stand as a shining example of what can be done with skill, talent, song writing ability and a limitless amount of time for recording. This band shits out smart ideas, and nothing seems forced.”

Andrew Culture, Beat Motel

“I certainly can’t believe how damn down home, shit-kickingly fine, bendy and cool the fucking thing is.”

Shane O’Leary, Unpeeled

“At times they remind me of an under-nourished avant-garde version of the Beta Band, elsewhere they sound like nothing else currently blotting the musical landscape.”

Tom Leins, I Shot The Deputy

“These are the sort of people I wish were playing in the pubs round here rather than the endless Coldplay and Radiohead disciples that clog up the place.”

Jim, Paper Jam

“Definitely worth a listen, the strangest album I’ve heard all year!”

Kat Lynch, Screaming Tarts fanzine

“Definitely ones to watch out for.”

Nathania Hartley, Joy

“Amongst the clutter and noise, the collapsing strums, and the squash of overloading mikes, the Reaction exhibit total sanity. Utterly unfazed and unimpressed by the dream of pop music, they’re more likely to crack up laughing at it all than buy into it in any way.”

Dann Chinn, Misfit City

“It kicks like a mule and it bites like a crocodile, The Count Five would approve.”

Jimmy Possession, Robots & Electronic Brains

“You can sense this crazy mad man could write pop tunes with a pen shoved up his nose whilst churning out nu metal rock riffs with his left foot if he wanted to.”

Mike Spall, Southscene

“A messy, chaotic, entrancing hodgepodge of sound that flits from era to era - one moment 1976 England, then ’60s Soho Psychedelia, then avant-rock that would make Thurston Moore raise an eyebrow. …the songs are just plain fun and the trio knows how to make interesting music.”

Dave Madden, Splendid

“A lot like I’d imagine a deranged monkey fucking in your ears to sound. After all, didn’t a lot of the musical (or artistic, or literary) greats do things that were considered, at the time, to be totally and utterly WRONG?”

Peter Carter, Fast Cow


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