Press
PRESS
The Wednesday Club have gotten various bits and bobs said about them over they years.
Lets start with the Praise…
Passing Strange:
“One of the top 50 independent alternative acts in the world” – Independent Music News
“Passing Strange hits the mark of indie pop/rock excellence in every category.” 4.5/5 - N0ted.net/sputnikmusic
“an often delicate ramshackle seduction, it’s something to saviour.” 8.8/10 – Withguitars.com
“full of sensitivity and good taste… the best pop in a British tradition” – Spop
“a masterpiece of exquisite indie pop/rock” – spotifierad
“Yes, it’s clever, but it’s also fun” – SoundsXP
So Claw/Sour Crow:
“sun, sea, sand, sex (natch) but in Yorkshire.” Culture Vulture
“Foot tapping perfection… indiepop gems” Jester Jay
“songs reflect the lo-fi genius of the Flying Nun roster” Sounds XP
“very English, drawing on many influences, but nevertheless managing to sound unique. A real grower.” – Vibrations
“not gratuitously pretentious” We are Unseen
Katapult:
“a treasure trove of great sounds” – SoundsXP
“joyful, absurd, spirit raising on a gloomy day, abundantly melodic, super eclectic” – Kitten Painting blog
“doesn’t set a foot wrong” – Sheffield Phonograph Corporation
“ramshackle yet lovely pop all round” – Russel’s Reviews
“Katapult’ is a triumph in simply doing what you like and having fun in the process” -LeedsMusicScene
“Something in here for even the coldest heart” – Fire Escape Talking
“The choir repeating ‘Fuck the world’ is actually lovely” – God Is In The TV
Soap:
“The more conventional tracks contain moments of genuine rough, alt-folk beauty” – Sandman
“A great line in quirky one and two minute blasts of songs” – Fatea
“Diplomatic Sugar is [one of my top 5 British songs]“ – Karren Ablaze on 3AM Magazine
Live Performances:
“The True Spirit of Rock ‘n’ Roll!” – A punter at our Pavement Tribute Gig (Jan ’09)
Moving on to insulting slights on us…
Soap:
“PRETENTIOUS… I bet they carry dog-eared Penguin paperbacks around… probably ones they don’t even like” - Sandman
“Bands who are as wilfully eccentric as The Wednesday Club are usually a lot more fun to listen to” – Leeds Music Scene
So Claw Sour Crow:
“Do they compare themselves to Neutral Milk Hotel because one of their songs features a trumpet, or the fact that neither the vocalists of TWC or Jeff Magnum can sing?” – We are Unseen
Live :
“Indie rock cobblers has all the smug self-satisfaction of an in-joke shared by them and them only” – Sandman (again)
“This isn’t even music” – First live performance review by Friend Of Band.
