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The Yellhounds are a five-piece from Manchester, their lyrics are bluesy, their tunes are dust blown and loose-limbed, able to climb and sway and fall and stagger around after a gallon of whiskey. There are aspirations in the words, a lot of ‘good times will come’ and a refreshing lack of claustrophobia and tension. - Glasswerk Review

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Just Wanna Ride, directed by Andy Moss

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Although their name may not suggest it, The Yellhounds are a folk act at heart, and sound very comfortable within their chosen genre. It seems easy nowadays to pass off any folk music in the public eye as 'alt-folk', but The Yellhounds take a more traditional approach.

In fact, if 'MTV Blues' is anything to go by, they have no intention of conforming to current trends, and on the strength of this EP, they shouldn't do so. The aforementioned track, as well as opener 'Got No Place To Go' and 'Ain't Got No Home', confidently showcase the jauntier, more upbeat side of their genre. It is the slower, stripped sound of 'Just Wanna Ride' however, which best highlights this bands talent. Brendan Cartwright's vocals excel when the tone of the band is lowered, and I honestly could've mistaken the band for Ryan Adams and the Cardinals if I didn't already know who I was listening to.

This is an impressive and refreshing EP from a modest band with raw talent which is perhaps not yet realised by even the band themselves.

Sandman Magazine review

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The Yellhounds sound like Jools Holland, Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen all getting together to play Garth Brooks songs, with John Bellucci’s healthier younger brother on lead vocals.

They had a nice way of structuring the set too; alternating between loud country rock one minute, and then quieter, Dylan-y tunes. You simply cannot fault their truckstop rock stompers

(Music Dash.co.uk)

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..It's refreshing to see and hear a band who don't care for fashion, the mainstream, or what everyone else might be doing. The Yellhounds do their own thing...and should be kept an eye on for the future. Rating: 5/5

(Daily Music Guide.com)

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Manchester’s very own Yellhounds are a quintet that sound like they’re from the same streets of America that spawned The Boss, but with the kind of widescreen energised splattered punk blues that could found on a mid-career album from Strummer and The Clash.

This is the sound of rough and tumbling rock and roll driven by C&W and rugged bluesy guitars. “The MTV Blues” is made from the 12-Bar, but “Got No Place To Be” is an excellent soundtrack to a road movie that could be told from the front seat of a Cadillac where the driver wears cowboy boots, a big grin and carries a six-shooter.

A ballad is eased in on “Just Wanna Ride” and with the warm and spellbinding vocals of Brendan Cartwright, The Yellhounds threaten to excel the more moving moments of both Prefab Sprout and Deacon Blue.

Even though “Ain’t Got No Home” departs on the rhythm of a wash board and wild west violins, it’s the end of an accomplished and thoroughly entertaining EP, whose gimmick is that there really isn’t one.

MMMM ½ (Music Dash.co.uk)

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Their brand of Americana is totally accessible; fast, catchy, bouncy and joyously expressive. ‘Forty Days and Forty Nights’ explores a language that is evocative of the USA and yet they are quirky, appealingly British and fresh; not proclaiming, but inviting us to join in and have some fun, and this is exactly what the audience do.

Blowout Live Review

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Billing themselves as 'countryside and north western' there are some good, no frills roots-rock moments to be had on this Manchester band's debut ep.

Got No Place To Go is a strong opener with a resurgent country vibe in the vein of Steve Earle or Whiskeytown. The title of MTV Blues and lines "please don't look for me on MTV" pretty much speak for themselves. Just Wanna Ride is the strongest track - a wistful ballad ("Don't want to leave but I need to run") where Brendan Cartwright's vocals again owes a strong debt to Ryan Adams. The upbeat closing track - Ain't Got No Home - has a crowd pleasing hoedown feel with Carver's fiddle playing to the fore.

A highly enjoyable ride which at under 15 minutes is all done and dusted with admirable economy. 8/10

Whisperin' & Hollerin' Review

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....there's no question that they would go down a storm in some of the whisky bars and laid-back boozers which proliferate North America.

'Ain't Got No Home' is a fiddle laden country stomp bereft only of a few 'yee ha's' and foot tapping gringo boots. A great song though, as is the James Taylor sounding 'Million Miles'.

Strummermag review

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