“Bright Black is bursting with the earnest romance of Gothic poetry tinged with the ennui of 21st-century dystopia.”

“Exciting post-punk replete with scything, mountainous guitars and a thunderous, pounding, insistent rhythm that sets the pulse racing.”

“Something of Bowie running through the proceedings which blend a strange pre-punk accessibility and a post-punk chill into an alternative dance song par excellence.”

“A gutsy slab of avante pop that you won’t soon forget...a band that has bright things in store for it, even if the music is deliciously dark.”

“(They) build punchy and elegant pop songs, awash with the specter of Bowie and his disciples – Echo and The Bunnymen, Peter Murphy, Siouxsie Sioux – while also nodding to the sound of 1960’s Ronnie Spector.”

“Roxanne offers the sweetest of subtle new wave fog, seducing the senses with hints of post-punk vocal charm and early 2000’s scenester cred.”

“Rumbling, viscerally noirish, and garnished with glimmering switchblade guitars and driving percussion, Bright Black clambers through the darkest of tunnels and into the light.”

“London Plane are on my list as leading the pack of rock bands who comment on the human condition.”

“These songs are all tight, energy-packed and full of venom and fire. Forty full minutes pass by and you always want to know what’s around the corner. There are no detours into unwieldy narrative, or else, self-indulgent solos and noodling. These tales are short, sharp and barbed.”