"Things don't let up for a moment, from the first track 'the Fallen' to the unbelievably brilliant EP closer 'Hugo', where Hussey's voice reverberates through the deepest most heart aching part of his soul. It's Scott Walker singing about rain, its Sinatra expressing loneliness, its uplifting while thought provoking. This is a truly exellent EP: Behold the intelligent acerbic lyrics and subtle melodic twists that are swung head high like a bunch of gladioli. This music is designed to make your heart swell and your legs turn to jelly"......
"The Social are a bollock rocking brilliance"....-
ARTROCKER MAGAZINE
"The Social, with their uber-baritone singer and squalid pop that reeks of bedsits, overflowing ashtrays and Morrissey's stained Y-fronts have got the whole fetid charm thing down pat. Delightful"-
THE GUARDIAN
"One of the first truly great singles of the year, the return to the fray of the Social, this five track flag bearing bastard of a set is due to appear on the bands own imprint pressed up on twelve hulking inches of wax. Blessed with sonorous vocals much reminiscent of a youthful Cathal Coughlan that find themselves joyously wired to a bleakly forlorn though pensively gritted early 80's English guitar sound whose ancestral lineage belies echoes of And Also the Trees, Artery, the Chameleons, 'vengeance' era New Model Army (especially on the crunching terrace fanfare laced 'to the bone' and the rousing crusade like 'under grey English skies' with its subtle mid 80's 4AD intones...Throbbing with bruised ambition and possessed of a dulled bedroom anthem-ic thrust not to mention sounding like a clarion call being serviced by an approaching cavalry hastily arriving to rescue the good name of guitar pop from the fleeting hordes of five minutes of fame seeking wannabes.....A class apart then"-
LOOSINGTODAY.COM
"At a time when post-punk revival has effectively become monotonous pop, bands like The Social are re-innovating the indie scene, pushing boundaries that haven’t been touched since the emergence of The Libertines.....UK Gothic’ takes a political stance missing in today’s un filled mainstream, vocalist Laurence Hussey stressing; “Bastion of middle England/Bastard child of Thatcherism,” the slower tone contrasiting with the upbeat ‘To The Bone.’ The juxtaposition brings out the bands musical versitality......Final track Hugo is suitably slow to give a sense of closure to the brilliant EP. Overall, the North London rockers are amongst the many bands looking to reassemble the ‘broken indie scene,’ and if ‘A Call To Arms’ is anything to go by, The Social are succeeding. This band are here to stay and their rise up the indie ladder is imminent after this breathtaking debut."
THERE GOES THE FEAR.COM
"The first element of the music that captures the listener are those fantastic, jangling 80s guitar sounds that sound so like that of Johnny Marr. Take opener ‘The Fallen’ for example; it hits you like a brick wall and goes snarling straight for the jugular, with frantic strumming and the gorgeous, droning vocals provided by Laurence Hussey, a combination of the depth and melancholy of Ian Curtis.....This is the first time I have ever heard of The Social, and hopefully not the last. With a mixture of 80s alternative and gothic influences, it produces an absolutely winning combination, and a breath of fresh air for our music scene that has been clogged for so long with mediocre, unsatisfying indie. I eagerly await a full-length offering from them, and so should you"-Rating: 9/10
NOISE MAKES ENEMIES.CO.UK
Sounds Like
The shrubbery around your lawn
is a front to your secret war,
waged in the neat living rooms
of the cold prosaic suburbs.
Bastion of middle England,
bastard child of Thatcherism,
I cannot forgive you for what youve said
and what youve done to us.
The love you give is too reserved,
you traded in your youth and verve,
to build a mighty empire
of cake trolleys
and gravelled driveways.
But before you build Jerusalem,
before you take your final breath,
the pictures on your mantle piece
will turn to dust and brick a brack.
There is a light I follow...
And I plot to bring you down,
I plot to bring you down, I plot to bring you down,
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