“Watch this lot verrrrry closely. They’re going to be
huge.”
THE FLY
“Orphan Boy are one of the best rock ‘n’ roll bands in
Britain right now”
MANCHESTERMUSIC.CO.UK
“Hard to ignore, Orphan Boy are one of Manchester’s
finest musical offerings and one to watch in 2008.”
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
“No song lets down, and it doesn't take more than one
listen to feel the coherence and rage balanced here.
Shop Local is a dark, dark record…an intelligent yet
unthinking tour de force devoted to every dirty corner
of every marginalised life.”
THE SANDMAN
“Dark and dysfunctional, hollow and ice-cold, it
motors along on a frenzied, freaky path, hinting rock
but in reality balanced on a razor’s edge.
Self-destructive urges, brooding, breeding ugly
violence and scraped out frustration feed the
rockabilly poetry right to the sudden halt”
WHISPERIN’ AND HOLLERIN’
“You cannot quite avoid the sense that Orphan Boy
really mean business, and ultimately that is what will
cause the public to sit up and take notice.”
MUSICOMH.COM
“They're billed as Post punk / Progressive / Powerpop
on their website and I will go along with that but add
something else to the description. They're fantastic.”
SOUNDSXP
“With the hype surrounding the band before their album
has even reached shops, they are set for big things.”
SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM
“The twisted-percussion breaks / stuttering vocals has
ensured ‘Alderley Edge’ has become a firm indie disco
favourite of late”
GIGWISE.COM
“Debut album Shop Local is a modern-day fairytale with
each track a different chapter. Jagged punk is
interspersed with abrupt a capella beats and swing
time intervals. Fast and frenzied beats lie
comfortably next to calm and collected melodies and
that’s just the way they like it.”
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