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"Exceptionally good - smart power pop, full of hooks, contemporary yet with echoes of older things we know and love, and really well produced." - Nick Bollinger

Rip It Up Magazine April/May 2009 "Firstly this is an ace CD. The title sums it up well and is a great sales pitch too. The three lads in the band are all multi-talented and all play and sing at the same time. There is nothing like a band where everyone sings, all the best bands do. The harmonies are carefully selected and sound natural. There is a definite English influence to The Roulettes’ sound but not limited specifically to a place in time. All kinds of sounds from the 1950s to now can be heard in their vocal harmonies and guitar tones. But in their modern riffs and the band’s own original grooves they have a sound very much their own, not just a rip off. A few of their tracks end with fade-downs which give the illusion that the chorus could live on forever and being clever songwriters, the Roulettes are great at writing catchy enough choruses to get away with it." - Fleur Jack

NZ Musician Magazine, December/January 2009 “It’s a short and sweet journey, with only two of the seven tracks clocking up more than three minutes. Still The Roulettes manage to sound like many of the best British pop and rock’n’roll bands all at once. There’s everything here. Beatles-like melodies, Stones’ groove, Oasis without the attitude, the sounds of UK indie bands of the ‘90s. All very upbeat and still relaxed, it is full of hooks and power pop stylings well-matched by the less-is-more artwork – succinct and tasty. The lyrics are similarly catchy. This delightful angular take of a potted history of rock’n’roll is supplied by just three persons – [Aucklanders] Ben Grant on bass, guitarist Justin McLean and drummer Tye Stott (son of Larry’s Rebels’ drummer Denis Stott). The retro embellishments are not overdone making this safe to play with any era of rock and roll furnishings." - Ania Glowacz

Here is the web promo clip for the 4th series of Outrageous Fortune (a great NZ TV show) featuring "You Want It" off the EP. The song was used in Ep 2 and features on the OF soundtrack album 'Repeat Offenders'.