"Smoked begins with a slinky bass line, a crash of guitar and drums, and a thin voice that wails, "When she is fucked up, she's a bird, she's a buttercup." Great, you think, another glam band. But unlike the nutless sissy brand of flash coming out of the U.K. lately, this campy little threesome from Philadelphia demonstrates some real muscle. Together only a year and a half, Holy Hand Grenade produces an amazing degree of polished mayhem both lyrically and musically........"
-------SKATEBOARDING MAGAZINE
"Local buzz band Holy Hand Grenade knows the 90's alt-pop formula by heart: Cheap Trick's catchy choruses and picture-perfect harmonies played at Nirvana's supercharged volume. And obviously, it's worked for them. The trio's high-octane energy on their yet-to-be-titled Unity/RED debut (due out in January) keeps a potentially stale formula fresh with a little help from FaithNoMore/Replacements/Rolling Stones producer Matt Wallace.........."
--------PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"They're a dangerous lot, this Philly trio, a rock-n-roll weapon just as likely to blow up in your face as save the day for all humanity. Delighting in surrealistic ironies and snide put-downs, they weld a post-modern, rough and tumble brashness to classic rock motifs from the 60's and 70's (Most influential: John Lennon's acidic, late-period Beatles work......"
---------PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
".......By combining the quirky playfulness of the Pixies with the vocal harmonies of early era Beatles and songwriting chops that would please the most hardened cynic, this Philadelphia trio has succeeded in making what will surely be one of the top five albums this year......"
---------IN THE SPIN (CHAD BECK)
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