DEBUT ALBUM
WE'RE ALIVE AND WE'RE NOT ALONE
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This is what people thought - who do you believe?
TimeOut
"So insanely catchy is this Steve Albini-[engineered] tune that kids might well find their bedrooms turned into mini-isolation wards as attempts are made to limit its wired, post-punk-cum skronk-pop power."
Artrocker
"Shit me, if Popular Workshop don't know how to kick ass, I don't know who does. Buy this album, let it engulf you, dance to the undanceable and hear declarations in non-perfect singing that's all the sweeter for it, just buy this."
NME
"...you have to wonder if there's much point to this." [<-- funny, we tend to think the same about them...]
DiS
"...on many of the higher speed songs with more life and momentum, the sound is so forcefully gleeful as it pours out of the speakers, that the old tricks come across as fresh and new again and it's a pleasure to listen to it and be reminded of exactly what's so fine about quirky post-punk indie jerkiness." 7/10 6/10
Is This Music (Scotland)
"Is this good, or what?! ...It’s indie music that jumps the crowd barrier separating the clique of arty exclusiveness from the monotony of the mundane and easily-led, smacks both sets around the head and invites them all to one big frenzied party."
Room 13
"Popular Workshop have a vital and irresistible energy that blazes through their taught tunes and makes this short album a great listen. ‘We’re Alive And We’re Not Alone’ packs an instant punch with tunes that you could come back to again and again in any mood." 11/13
God Is In The TV
"FACT: All albums would be improved by a hissy fit like that at the climax of All About Vikki." 3.5/5
RockLouder
"Think an early, post piss up Blur, needing a shower and fresh pants, and you'll be somewhere near the ball park..."
inthenews.co.uk
"Popular Workshop have validated a shotgun wedding of disjointed disco beats and rusty feedback to beautiful effect." 8/10
Indie London
"We’re Alive And We’re Not Alone by Popular Workshop is a frenzy of noise that refuses to stop and refuses to play fair. The result is a set of richly entertaining songs to mark a fantastic debut." 4/5
lauraroutledge.blogspot.com
"‘We’re Alive and We’re Not Alone’ is thirteen tracks dripping with potential and angsty body trashing magic – a perfect distraction from the prevailing British winter weather."
soundsxp
"It’s heart-stoppingly hyperactive music, not letting up once in pace or quality, and one of the best debuts in a long, long time."
themusicmagazine.co.uk
"The economy is in tatters. Russia is going to spark a nuclear war. Britain’s streets are littered with knives. And a band called Popular Workshop are releasing indie so generic, whilst listening to their bile I have seriously been contemplating chewing off my own ears... Awful, awful, music."
Tracks From The Stack
"...they've carved out their own dynamic blend of razor-edged attack and release. The songs feel messy, but in a good way, like hair you've been working on with several types of product until it is just so."
the line of best fit
"...wiry, discordant melodies that variously recall Pink Flag Wire, Mission Of Burma and early Idlewild... an exciting, exhiliarating ride through the bumpy world of a band who value controlled semi-chaos well over crossover cool."
Zap! Bang!
"Taking the chugging, meaty sounds from the Shellac/Minuteman bass and drum corner and adding a scratchy trebly guitar sound...[this] is a first LP from a band to watch." 3.5/5
subcity.org
"Popular Workshop are choppy guitars, frantic drums and a singer that can't sing." | 
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