UNCUT
"grinding, hypnotic basslines...strong melodies..flirting with dub and a cerebral brand of fusion"
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The Big Issue in the North
"menacing double bass creeps along as though sound-tracking a 60s spy movie."
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Bristol Evening Post
"a joyous combination of the inventiveness of jazz and the muscle of rock."
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The Times
"mixes the spirit of Ornette Coleman with the electric thump of indie rock."
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Jazzwise magazine
“There aren’t many bands whose tunes you can whistle while a tear rolls down your cheek. Enjoy”
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Record Collector
“The genre-busting band brings a visceral rock sensibility to jazz improv”
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Blues and Soul
"snapping at the heels of the Acoustic Lady Land/Polar Bear/Ledbib fraternity."
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allgigs.co.uk
"gruff, edgy, and full of attitude."
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Daily Telegraph
"moody as a moonlit street, and instantly recognisable"
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Irish Times
"debut album, All Is Yes, managed to refresh the parts that jazz albums rarely reach..... OC DC looks set to follow suit."
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The Independent
"Get The Blessing's music will blow your head off."
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The Guardian
"With their new album OC DC, Get The Blessing have somehow managed to sound both funkier and freer."
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Metro
"an innovative approach to music making"
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BBC Music Magazine
"controlled eccentricity, tight execution and crafty production"
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What Culture
“As well as the technical virtuosity on display here, there is also real taste and a lightness of touch which keeps the songs from descending into over indulgence, and you’ve got to imagine it must be hard to over indulge when you’re playing music this good.”
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Best British Jazz
“'It sounds like what I imagine a Mark E Smith (The Fall) jazz album would sound like' and that's a very very good thing.”
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FWD Music
“The blend of instrumentation (a sparse use of electronic effects against electric guitar and improvised jazz saxophone) immediately gives this album a timeless quality, mixing many eras and genres into a hybrid fusion.”
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Music OMH
“OCDC is a further development of the band’s agenda, opening up the world of improvisation and integrating what can often appear an isolated field with other worlds of musical thinking. It’s also tremendously enjoyable.”
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AAA Music
“the whole record feels as natural as breathing”
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The Observer
"This band's music has a unique identity that will beguile you if you let it."
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The Guardian Culture
"Vivacious jazz-rock band driven by Portishead's rhythm section plays mix of Ornette Coleman-influenced jazz, Morricone-like atmospherics, warped systems-music, and old-school twangy guitar rock"
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The Guardian
"thundering rock-bass grooves and scorching horn sound "afraid" doesn't seem to be in their vocabulary"
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The Independent
"riotously imaginative quartet...music packed with explosives, charms and lyrical probes"
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Bass Guitar
"expanding their sound palette in bold new ways"
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MOJO
"a fine album...exhilarating"
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Venue Magazine
"a sparkling new quality to the sound of OCDC...even more delicious potential than we realised"
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