From the relatively obscure town of Shipley in the UK, Johnny Poindexter are a fascinating prospect. Like fellow Yorkshire dwellers Hood their music is both melancholy and highly experimental yet somewhere in between they produce songs which are compelling and original. Using a number of guest vocalists, the results are unsurprisingly varied. 'We Meet By Accident' is where their songs first hit home; a collision of grimy post-punk and drone rock reminiscent of Six By Seven's early work. The title track is similarly styled but even more harrowing; its lyric of "No one gets out alive" convinces on every scale. Make no mistake, this is not a record for the faint hearted; 'Headswim' piles on the paranoia and angst whilst beyond the fairy-tale wind chimes of 'Madeline' there lurks a chilling message. Crucially Johnny Poindexter reveal a layer of vulnerability on 'Audrey Tautou' and 'G Repeater' just to prove this isn't a trawl through goth posturing. Far from it, this is a deep, dark record that should please followers of obscure Factory records whilst the more modern, haunting soundscapes should ensnare a new generation of miserablists - Leonards Lair
Place Your Trust in Empty Spaces is an album for dark rooms, huge expanses, and dreams. Its haunting vibes and musical disquietude are not for sunshiney days in the park. It's a melancholic trip through space and the sort of record that Marvin the paranoid android would listen to at the Restaurant At the End of the Universe. - Paul Zimmerman, First Coast News U.S.A
Johnny Poindexter are up next, and there's a slight feeling of pity in the air for the guys (who after all made this night happen) going .. the genius of the last thirty minutes. A fair proportion of the crowd are still debating what they've just seen as the first notes ring out, but this doesn't last for long, as when the Poindexters get going there's not much point in trying to compete against their trademark volume. This band fills a room with sound... and then pulls it away from you again. And just as you get to the edge of impatience for it to explode again... it does. This stands them in good stead for indulging the crowd, and it works like a treat. - Leeds Music Scene
