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METRO SCOTLAND - ALBUM REVIEW - FEBRUARY
2002
Describing Lapsus Linguae as original is like
describing Charles Manson as 'a character'.
(Paul Whitelaw)
KERRANG
- SINGLE REVIEW - OCTOBER 2001
Parade tinkles its
way through gorgeous string arrangements and epic, grandiose
movements. It is exquisitely beautiful and you can imagine
the credits to some dark, cinematic masterpiece rolling as
you hear it. Damn fine.
(Mark Griffiths - single awarded
4/5)
THE FLY MAGAZINE - ALBUM
REVIEW - JANUARY 2002
So you're sitting contentedly
in Strokes faux-bliss when suddenly you hear an excruciating
racket with strangely bewitching effects... It is a seductive
cacophony made by neither man nor beast and you don't quite
know how to react. It's the frenzied howl of Lapsus Linguae,
a band whose innovative mini-album is the most exciting thing
you'll hear this year. You Got Me Fraiche is crammed full
with colliding styles and corruption, made to challenge and
to thrill and as a result is as devastating as it gets. It's
dark, discordant and sexy as hell.
(Camilla Pia - album awarded
5/5)
NME - JANUARY 2003
To hell with old
rope. Lapsus Linguae are one of the only bands in Britain that
matters right now.
(Guy McKnight, Eighties Matchbox B-Line
disaster)
ORGAN - ALBUM REVIEW - APRIL
2002
There are moments
on this album that are as beautiful, as uplifting, as challenging
as anything the Cardiacs have ever done - in fact the whole
of this glorious album is that good, and as equally compellingly
unique with the swooping strings and orchestrated jumps.
It will restore your faith in absolutely everything.
(Sean)
DJ
TWITCH - OPTIMO GIG PREVIEW
Lapsus Linguae are the
most original and exciting 'rock n' roll' band we have heard
in this city in many a moon. If there is any justice, they
will be headed for greatness.
ROUGH TRADE - 7" REVIEW - MAY 2001
Like
a cross between Tom Waits, Shellac and Black Heart Procession.
Really unusual but ace. Very, very cool.
NIGHTSHIFT MAGAZINE
(OXFORD) - LIVE REVIEW - JANUARY 2002
Main songwriters
Penelope Collegefriend and Magaloof Taylor (possibly not
their real names) come to blows midway through 'Are We Really
Dancing?' Staged fight or not,
the pair of them have an unnerving stage presence. When this sense of menace
bubbling away under the surface is added to the frantic wall of noise
coming from the stage you begin to realize that you are watching what may
well be the most exciting band of the year. And it's only January.
SKIPPY'S
CAGE - ALBUM REVIEW - NOVEMBER 2001
There's so much in here and
it's driven by the most amazing self-conviction I've heard in a young
band, usually it just translates as a lot of bluster, bathos and teen
angst. But, like early Fall albums, you get the feeling that there is
a strong agenda behind the lyrics, a creepy and unsettling dogma. If
you at all have a heart then this album will rock your world.
(Santa
Dog)
EPINIONS.COM - NOV 2002
Total
originality is a myth, but this band really get close. Their
seamless blend of avant-classical and post-punk is mystifying.
They evade genres, evade clichés, and constantly defy your
expectations.
THE LIST - DEMO REVIEW - NOVEMBER
2000
If there
was any justice in the world then these people wuld be running
the country, not just ruling the airwaves.
(Mark
Robertson)
THE METRO - APRIL 2003
Probably
the best band I have ever seen in my entire life. (Andy Huxley,
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster)
