"Single estival par excellence"
Pop News - July 2001.more

"A raw organic energy much like the Velvet Underground's '1969 - Live' "
Penny Black Music - July 2001.more

"All the electric stars are shining."
Kitten Painting - April 2001.more

Interview
Penny Black Music - February 2001.more

Questionnaire
Foot Without A Sock - February 2001.more

"Lonesome but luscious."
The Evening Standard - December 2000.more

"Club of the week."
Londonnet - November 2000.more

"Thank God for Baptiste."
Robots and Electronic Brains - August 2000.more

"...a six and half minute restrained guitar beauty... the best
side of The Go-Betweens and the Jesus & Mary Chain..."
Independent Underground Sound - July 2000.more

"All the dark moodiness of an Edward Hopper painting."
Geekrock - April 2000.more

"Repeated listening could prove infectious."
Record Collector - April 2000.more

"Baptiste have made a single which shall forevermore be a little
signpost and eternal-reminder of these days, quiet times indeed."
dddd - March 2000.more

"Baptiste are skilled manipulators of the harp de coeur, plucking a Velvet
melancholy from it which they overlay wiih quiet introspection."
Robots and Electronic Brains - March 2000.more

"Witness a band on threshold of greatness."
Oscar - November 1999 more

"Six by Seven crossed with The Velvet Underground."
Exclusive - September 1999 more

"Ah, we’re with you, son."
Record Collector - July 1999 more

"A tearfully Tindersticks - inflected oddity of Stephen Pastel
vocals, moody Nick Cave melodies and neat suit jackets."
NME, April 1999 more

"A band not afraid to pace out their lives in the riffs of a song."
Cream of the Crop, August 1998 more

"...soft and spoken quietly in a sort of Sarah records kind of way."
Independent Underground Sound, April 1999 more

"Songs that possess their own unique feeling, intense and beautiful
and the sort the Tindersticks couldn't have written any better."
Creme Anglaise, July 1998 more

"Magnificent songs, in the atmosphere of Belle & Sebastian,
Tindersticks, late Nick Cave and most of all Arab Strap."
The Original Sin, July 1998 more

Interview
BB, May 1998 more

". . . just delicious."
All About Dee and Friends, April 1998 more

"A must for lovers of fine art."
BB, January 1998 more

"A generally late night, moody feel, with art-rock tendencies and exciting
dynamics from a band not afraid to break up the tempo or the decibel level."
The Mole, November 1997

"Baptiste are descendants of the classic line of emotionally mangled musicians,
with an ear for a grand tune and an eye for a rather tasteful suit jacket."
NME, August 1997 more

"A&R men take note; Baptiste are a glamour drenched
combo with an ear for a dose of angst pop."
Melody Maker, June 1997

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