The Sun Review - 9th March 2007
They're based in London and comprise two Brits and two ex-pat New Zealanders. Their music is firmly rooted across the Atlantic in backwoods America but many of their themes are inspired by matters closer to home.
This mix sets them apart. Quite why they have to ply their trade on a tiny label and in small clubs is mystifying to all who hear their luminous, aching, alt-country songs.
And while there are echoes of greats such as Neil Young or Gram Parsons, there's also plenty of laidback, contemporary cool.
A song such as Thirty Year Bouquet, for instance, has a simple, lilting country arrangement. Others such as the hazy, expansive Up Downer Street, have equal measures of steady-building rock ballast and melodic beauty.
It's time fine singer Bradley Pulze and his talented band got the recognition they deserved.
Rating - 4.5/5by Simon Cosyns
Mojo Magazine Review - March 2007
Texas or Nashville, sure. Chicago and New York? Sometimes. But an alt-country band from the Smoke who are not only totally legitamate but quite startling? There stands Souther Still, two ex-pat Kiwis and a pair of Englishmen comprising the alternative country debut of the year. Their cultural reference points stretch from New Zealand to Shoreditch, giving them a songwriting perspective midway between Jarvis Cocker and Neil Finn. Their ballads are breathtakingly beautiful, on Open Road when singer Bradley Putze sings, "She's built like Henry Copper, styled like Betty Page", the ache in his voice has a real depth. Their mating of techno and early Velvets on Forever the Fighter may be an even stronger chronicle of loss, with a soft underpinning of synth keyboards at the chorus.
Rating - ****By Sid Griffin
"The sound is eclectic while not disconnected. There is gentle '70s soul-pop, aching country laments, a pinch of punk, and the trash of meshing Crazy Horse guitars. Yet, Dizziness and Darkness is cohesive. There is no doubt, track-to-track, that this is the same band but they manage to incorporate a variety of textures that make them impossible to pigeonhole. Fans of Whiskeytown, Grand Drive, Minibar, and the aforementioned Crazy Horse will find this 2006 release to be a winner. Songwriters Bradley Putze and Kevin Stokes have a way of lulling you, only to smack you around with a wry passage. Gentle, spacey, rocking, and original." -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music
Mike Davidson helped grease the axles.
