“Think Nick Cave taking a giant Bong hit with Pink Floyd. 7/10”

“‘Fantasy Reigns’ is the sort of album that pulls the listener in many different directions: it’s contemplative yet energetic, morose yet vibrant, danceable yet thought-provoking… the sort of album that makes you want to raise your pint glass in ecstatic celebration while at the same time setting fire to that aniseed-flavoured sugar lump of introspection.”

“The psychedelic melodies seep into the mind, lighting up the sky in a wonderful array of vivid colours. It’s a trip. 8.5/10”

“The album switches between psychedelia and bluesy stoner rock seemingly at will, but blending in that bounce from the trip-hop side of things just adds to the overall picture. Overall, then, it’s another belter of an album. It’s not like anything else you’ll hear, and it seamlessly blends psychedelia, prog, blues and more into something distinctive and utterly compelling.”

“'A Vaudeville horror show of Psychedelic Blues' '...my wife went into labour when I was listening to it' 8/10”

“With their love of everything that is Psychedelic… they have managed to explore the darkest depths of this musical genre that no-one ever knew existed”

“Imagine a late night tavern, exotically scented smoke in the air, Aleister Crowley and Anton LaVey in the corner booth, with Absinthe and out of body experiences on the menu. Pearl Handled Revolver would be the house band”

“You can tell PHR are hard to categorise by the mere fact that they've been given the thumbs up by figures as diverse as Wilko Johnson and the late Jon Lord... like some half-remembered dream you had about Tom Waits fronting The Doors. Creepy, groovy and utterly infectious.”

"the name Pearl Handled Revolver suggests a juxtaposition of the beautiful and the deadly, of the polished and the brutal and as a piece of imagery, it works superbly... I’m reminded of the tagline from the old Pirelli tyre commercial – ‘Power is nothing without control.’"

“'Colossus' is a brave name for an album title, but my word, it's the right title. This is impressive.”

“It’s sweet harmony, that’s what it is. It’s also like nothing else I’ve heard before, and that’s a rare commodity in today’s music scene... this is a great piece of work, with enough variety to keep you guessing. It’s not predictable, and it certainly pulls no punches.”