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Sep 9, 2013It’s successful, on the whole, and fans of this ever-refreshing Britpop behemoth will find plenty to cheer.
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013Rock N Roll Animals is a particularly curdled creation. [Sep 2013, p.104]
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MojoAug 13, 2013The animals are well cast as they orbit Magic Town. [Sep 2013, p.91]
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Aug 7, 2013He's in playful mood and the tunes certainly don't suffer as a result.
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Aug 6, 2013Haines is still a force of nature, more Uriah Heep than David Copperfield, and his sharp-tongued critiques, especially of his chosen field, though tempered with moments of sentimentality, remain as volatile as ever.
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UncutJul 31, 2013Full of sound and furry. [Sep 2013, p.89]
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Jul 29, 2013It’s a bit nuts, but the ominous, shimmering psychedelia of standout tracks ‘Three Frendz’ and ‘Angel Of The North’ elevate the album beyond a quirky, Watership Down-esque curiosity.
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Jul 29, 2013Within the first 60 seconds it's alluded to Blue Peter and Taxi Driver in successive lines. Wind in the Willows it ain't.
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Jul 26, 2013It offers an engagement with the notion of music as a lived obsession that far outstrips their mostly meagre intentions.
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Jul 25, 2013While this might not be among the (minimum) of three absolute masterpieces he’s created over the last two decades (pick your own), it deserves your full attention, indulgence and sick laughter all the very same.
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Jul 25, 2013It's not a classic and it won't get him back in the NME, but it'll more than entertain those willing to listen.
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Jul 25, 2013So, very strange but oddly compelling--rather like Mr Haines himself.
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Jul 25, 2013Beneath the sarcastic wit lies warmth and some of his most beautiful songs since Showgirl, which glisten with Bowie-ish 12-string guitars and endearing semi-autobiographical asides.