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FAIR HEARING (www.fairhearing.co.uk) Reviewing Dust (LP) "This album is an absolute favourite. I keep playing it, I never tire of it. The most beautiful and harmonic singing you could ever imagine. It's warm, honeyed and addictive – obviously influenced by Crosby & co/Buffalo Springfield but not Americana'd by any means. Neither is it Anglo-folk corny and overwrought! This music connects by its rooting in organic and heartfelt elements… and I have long since surrendered to the insistent 'Enemy', the introspective pumping groove of 'Broken Signs' and the twinkling handclapped spaced-out, lament 'Got The Feeling'. Sound Sanctuary are in a part of the music world that they have created themselves avoiding the clichés most other acts pile on with no shame. Truly deserving of a fair hearing if any act ever was!" - Pete Sargeant - read full review -  MUSIC OMH (www.musicomh.com) Reviewing Contact (EP) "Imagine Brian Eno producing the everly brothers in an overgrown suburban greenhouse. There is a sly imagination here and a gift for melody" – Tony Heywood - read full review THE BEAT Reviewing Contact (EP) "There's a touch of Paul Weller to Fades Away and Invisible but for the most part if you close your eyes and imagine Simon and Garfunkel gone electronica you won't be far off." - Mike Davies  Nick Luscombe (XFM) Comments on Contact (EP) "I'm totally into this. I'm going to be playing this on the radio this Sunday and at home for the rest of the summer - great production, cool songs!" - Nick Luscombe NEW NOISE (www.newnoise.net) Reviewing Broken Signs (single) "An absolutely gorgeous, chilled-out little number... rich, smooth and incredibly decadent." ATOMIC DUSTER (www.atomicduster.com) Reviewing Broken Signs (single) "It's more likely that you'll hear Gomez, a likeness that shines through on the lead track and the group's spacious production allows the room to fully appreciate their sound.In this new single the group have created something quite unexpected that should act as a good starting point for a career that should shine." - Nick James 9/10 SUBBA-CULTCHA (www.subba-cultcha.com) Reviewing Broken signs (single) "Dreamscape of epic proportions, like ever decreasing circles, you lose yourself blissfully!" TWISTED OUTLOOK (www.twistedoutlook.com) Reviewing Broken signs (single) "With Broken Signs, Sound Sanctuary have succeeded where so many bands before them have failed - in breaking the mould; being different. If Richard Ashcroft ever had a secret lovechild with Suzanne Vega, I would expect the resulting spawned musical genius to produce something like this." - KJS - read full review - TELETEXT Reviewing Broken Signs (single) "Playful whoosh of Lemon Jelly and Zero 7's ambient vocals. Could be a blissed-out fave with Big Chillers." - John Earls 6/10 ROOM 13 (www.roomthirteen.com) Reviewing Broken Signs (single) "The harmonious flow of the track, and the snippets and samples that filter their way into the introductions, brings to mind the Beta Band and their genre-blending. The lyrics have an ethereal feel to them as well, in the space of a few lines managing to debate the existence of God, Love and Rock n Roll." 9/13 - read full review - 
BIG CHILL (www.thebigchill.com) Live Review at Gazastock Festival '06 "Sound Sanctuary headlined on Friday night, after my warm up set. They are a 4 piece with a very English pastoral sound. Accoustic guitars, shimmering clean lead guitar & some gorgeous 3 part vocal harmonies. Think Nick Drake meets Echo & the Bunnymen, with maybe a dash of the Kings of Convienience. They delivered an involving, atmospheric set to a full tent. Post gig research shows they have earnt plays by Nick Luscombe." - dialog TWISTED OUTLOOK (www.twistedoutlook.com) Interview on Sound Sanc. "We've found a band who we really think will be huge in the foreseeable future. That band is Sound Sanctuary. KJS and Banxy had an enjoyable Q&A with two members of the band - Toby and Dave - and what decent blokes they were." - KJS & Bankxy - read full interview - |
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