- Record Label: Fortuna Pop
- Release Date: Nov 5, 2012
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Nov 19, 2012With the third in his Essex trilogy Darren Hayman has surpassed himself, creating an album that is intelligent, heartfelt, and musically stunning.
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Nov 19, 2012Understated and thoughtful, The Violence is a true folk record that should rightfully see Hayman recognised as the national treasure that he clearly is.
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Nov 19, 2012Autumnal, witty, sad, lovely and very, very English The Violence is the high watermark of Hayman's career and one of the finest British releases of 2012, a record that neither floats, nor drowns, but soars.
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Nov 19, 2012This is an album to intently listen to every single line and every single syllable. There is a strange kind of hope and joy to the album's warmest moments that belie the, at times, dark themes.
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MojoDec 17, 2012A major work. [Jan 2013, p.92]
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UncutNov 19, 2012His is a personal, emotive take, and it proves very effective. [Dec 2012, p.72]
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Nov 19, 2012It's a record that can be enjoyed on a simple music level, but also explored as an interesting take on a particular historical period.
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Nov 19, 2012It's Beirut/Bon Iver/PJ Harvey brilliant, taking Damon Albarn's 'Dr Dee' to sublime extremes.
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Q MagazineDec 11, 2012The Violence is ambitious in Hayman's homemade, almost hesitant way, but his vision goes far beyond any other current independent artist, and is a true treasure. [Jan 2013, p.105]
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