Longman Records: Demolition Sky Album Reviews

"The sound on this album is intimate and relaxed, with double bass, keyboards and cello supporting Mark and Alistair's twin acoustic guitars and harmony vocals. While this makes the album quiet on a first listen, repeated playing reveals the depth and richness of the music. The ten tracks seem to blend one into the next, like chapters in a book, each phrase contributing to the larger dialogue of the album as a whole. This isn't just a grab bag of random songs: this is definitely a collection, with its own identity and tone. Highlights include the title track's paean to lunar exploration, the small-town alienation of 'Demolition Sky', and the quiet longing for escape that underpins 'Cowboy Song'." Gareth L Powell

Rock N Reel Magazine review March / April 2010

3 Out of 5 stars for '1202' :
'Can I leave this to maybe next year to review, please? No? Oh, well...the thing is that these are not songs you can really say much about on just a few listens. Rather, they're songs that sneak up on you - songs that you don't notice while you're checking your e-mail or feeding the cat, but that later in the day you find yourself humming without really knowing where they came from.
Essentially a duo of Mark Collyer (vocals, guitar, piano) and Alistair Mackie (vocals , guitar, mandolin) but augmented by bass, drums and Hammond, everything here is tasteful, neatly crafted and damn fine. Wrapped in Summer haziness, the two voices float and bob along on a carpet of laid back acoustic guitars, that have more of the West Coast of the US about them than they do of South East England.
Lightly rootsy and understated, Demolition Sky is a band that, with seeming ease, demonstrates that less isn't more: its rather better.' Oz Hardwick

Demolition Sky Album Reviews

Wednesday, March 31 2010 @ 11:21 AM BST