This just in: Rocksound have reviewed Loosely Based On Fiction in their latest issue, awarding it 8 out of 10 and describing it as ‘genuine, genuinely affecting stuff’!
Look out for this issue to read the full review:
Thanks Guys!
Another great review of Loosely Based On Fiction can be found in the current issue of Hot Press, awarding the album 4 out of 5…
“These are tales of trampled hearts and souls … its the stuff of all humankind. What’s rare and worth cherishing is the poetic flair with which Escape Act navigate these much weathered narratives. Their uncanny knack for creating surging, senses-filling melodies – all shuddering guitars, yearning vocals and racing beyond the speed limits rhythms – further helps illuminate their lyrical manuscript.
With more hooks than an abattoir and slab upon slab of bristling melodies, most strikingly on Corpses Candle and Kings Have Fallen, Loosely Based On Fiction is indie rock in excelsis.”
Chris also spoke to Colin Carberry a few weeks ago and the interview appears in the Hit The North column in the same issue. Colin had this to say…
“Loosely Based On Fiction – the debut album by the Belfast three-piece is as comfortable making a massive clatter as it is conjuring up sing-song melodies. On one hand, the buzz-saw guitars, brittle production, and lurches into unhinged noise would see it nestle comfortably alongside your Husker Du, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr records. On the other hand the wide-eyed choruses, smart lyrical observations, and giddy pop-sensibility means it can slip in just as easily beside Orange Juice, Franz Ferdinand and even The Jam.”
Check out the current issue (51) of AU for a great review of the album, written by Editor and all round gentleman Francis Jones. Awarding it 8 out of 10 he writes:
“These are songs to make your inner indie boy rejoice. The debut album from Belfast’s Escape Act, Loosely Based On Fiction drips indie melodies like tears from the sainted eyes of Morrissey. It’s a beautiful, heart-bursting experience. Hearing ‘Kings Have Fallen’ is like being impaled on a shaft of sunlight, the guitar and voice racing hand-in-hand like young lovers.
Meanwhile, former single, ‘God Says’ throws a Pixies freakout before sliding into a chorus as golden sweet as a vat of honey. What’s particularly encouraging here is that these songs are as lyrically imaginative as they are tuneful; phrases are bent winningly out of shape and the vocabulary is extended into the poetic. Indeed, the later ‘Sullied Behave For The Moon’ – all coiled power and evocative atmospherics – and the obscenely catchy final one-two of ‘Corpses Candle’ and ‘Broken Chin’ suggest that this is a band deserving of a place amongst the highest echelons of Northern Irish alt. rock.”
I just came across this nice little mention about us on the CMU Music Network:
03.11.08: ESCAPE ACT
Belfast trio Escape Act recently completed a MUZU TV session in Dublin, though that’s not the reason we are tipping them, though it does mean we’ll be able to plug them again later in the month when the results of that session go online. But these guys definitely deserve your attention right now. Single release ‘God Says’ is a good start, though the Springsteen-aping arena stomp of ‘Cabin Fever’ is their best offering, meeting the ethereal Brit-rock of Doves with the melancholy, shoe gazing vocals of Teenage Fanclub. If this sounds like your thing then you’ve no reason not to explore, particularly given that they’re giving away their album, ‘Loosely Based On Fiction’, entirely free through various channels.
check it and other tipped bands here: http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/unsigned/index.html
I think you’ll agree that it’s been a momentous day for us all. Yes, a few hours ago it was announced by Niall Byrne of State Magazine that our sixth track ‘Corpses Candle’ has been released on their MP3 blog.
“‘Corpses Candle’ … reminds us of the indie majesty of Whipping Boy’s Heartworm”
Click here to read Niall’s thoughts and get the track 
Thanks also to Nick for his continuing support and encouragement.
Rich
A nice review of God Says from ‘The Devil Has the Best Tuna‘
“…a blistering burst of Undertones punk guitar and Morrisseyesque vocal that’ll have you jumping round the room like a kangeroo on a pogo stick.”
read it in full at: http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2008/08/break-down-walls-its.html
Losing Today review of God Says ‘A thumping pop rocket that demands the hitting of the replay button’ ‘ crystalline power chords and dashed with a fuzzing west coast glow’
an.. ‘irresistibly razor sharp anthem’ visit the site for the full review!
Kinds words for God Says from the BoxSetGo blog:
‘”God Says” is a 2.5 minute powerhouse of a record … as infectious as an STD and as much fun as getting it…Top Class.’
read the full review, and check out some more great tunes at http://boxsetgo.blogspot.com/2008/08/four-to-floor-boxsetgo-ep.html
cheers Garrett
Subba-Cultcha.com (http://www.subba-cultcha.com/singles.php) had these kinds words to say about God Says – “Dreamy Indie pop, with moments of Guided By Voices catchiness and The LA’s classicalism…”
and of the flipside, Tom McShane’s Fighter: “Slow burning lament, touched with melancholy and exploding into falsetto when the emotion calls for it, a touching song from an artist with a pure soul…”
Click here to buy the 7″ vinyl (with 4 track download), or buy them all from iTunes!
Hot Press reviewed God Says in their 13th July 08 issue…
“‘God Says’ opens with a great meaty pounding guitar riff, before a measured pause for some Jesus & Mary Chain-lite vocals. After that, it’s a case of lather, rinse and repeat, no bad thing in this case, serving to reaffirm the listener’s faith in simple, sub-three-minute guitar pop. Top marks.” by Stephen Errity.
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