“The Chicago rock ensemble returns with another album of consistently catchy hooks and throw-back appeal. ”
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AOL/Spinner.com Listening Party
“Waiting For The Robot is their most ambitious effort yet”
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Terrence Flamm, Illinois Entertainer
"To the listener, 'Waiting For The Robot' will feel less like an album project and more like a collection of great 45's. If I asked you to listen to 'Dirty Glitter' and 'Come On Venus' without telling you anything about them, you'd have a hard time telling me what decade they were recorded in. They sound as if they could be vintage singles that were given a nice remastering job, or they might have been recorded yesterday. It's this attention to reverence of the past, without sounding obnoxiously retro, that really grabs my ear. Other tunes that jumped out at me for immediate repeat plays include "Everybody Waves Hello" and "I'm So Happy That You're Out Of My Life." In them, you'll find hooks-a-plenty."
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Dan Pavelich, Quick Spins, Kenosha News
"The Handcuffs feature Brad Elvis, the coolest, showiest drummer you're ever going to see, and the gorgeous Chloe F. Orwell, whose voice will remind you of everyone while being unique to itself as well. There were a couple of times listening to the disc that I found myself laughing out loud with delight at what they were doing, and thinking, 'How is it possible that these guys can write SO MANY GOOD SONGS?'"
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Tim Cain, The Herald & Review & heraldreview.com
"Fronted by sultry vocalist Chloe F. Orwell and powered by irrepressible drummer Brad Elvis, the Handcuffs came together several years ago as a duo, forming from the ashes of the local power-pop band Big Hello and drawing on a range of glam and cool pop influences from David Bowie to Blondie to Britpop. The group eventually expanded to become a quartet with the addition of bassist Emily Togni and guitarist-keyboardist-multi-instrumentalist Ellis Clark, and at long last, they're celebrating the follow-up to their debut album 'Model for a Revolution' with the release of their new disc 'Electroluv.' Hot off a number of shows at the College Music Journal Conference in New York last month and riding the buzz created by the selection of the effervescent new song 'Gotta' Problem with Me?' for Margaret Cho's VH1 series, the band is celebrating with a record release show Friday at the Abbey Pub.
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Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times
"Smart and sassy, charming and even a little bit cerebral, 'Model for a Revolution' carries a tune with such a spring in its step tht you figure The Handcuffs must have stumbled across the same fountain of youth from which their forebears sipped."
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Kevin Bronson, Los Angeles Times
"An immensely catchy and considerably glam pop-rock record that inserts its hooks into your brain and refuses to leave."
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Matt Pais, Chicago Tribune Red Eye
"We are crazy about your album. It's one of the best albums we've heard in a long time! It's THAT good!"
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Razor & Di of the Razor & Di Show, WLUW Radio
"Like bread and butter, Brad Elvis and Chloe Orwell, of the Chicago-based band The Handcuffs, work together to spread peace, passion and the power of rock with their second album, Electroluv."
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Gretchen Gaskill, Amplifier Magazine
"Chicago lounge perverts the Handcuffs bring a slinky sensibility to the musty garage genre. If Portishead were raised on a diet of Count Chocula and JG Ballard novels, they would probably sound like this. Conversely, if Blondie were weaned on Portishead, the results would be similar. Either way, the Handcuffs keep it smooth and deviant."
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Music Editor's Review, Download.com Editorial
"Not a bad tune in the litter, with the piano poundin' 'Half A Mind,' the dreamy 'Wonderful Life' and the kicky, bass-and-drum-heavy 'Baby Boombox' shining particularly brightly... Extremely highly recommended."
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John Borack, Goldmine Magazine
"The band's new album, 'Electroluv,' is just out, and rocketed into my top 10 for the year...What I like best about this album is the songs are allowed to breathe."
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Tim Cain, The Herald & Review
"The songs on the CD range from the quirky, catchy as a terminal cold that you don't want to cure, 'Electroluv,' with its Lady Madonnaesque guitar/saxophone attack, to the breezy, optimistic anthem, 'Turn It Up,' to the punkified pop of 'Somebody Somewhere.' 'Electroluv' delivers a smorgasbord of rocking sounds including blazing guitars, fat bottomed bass, pianos, organs, flutes, saxophones, synthesizers, vibraphones and a Hammond B3 organ. And of course the icing on the smorgasbord is the signature sweltering, velvety hot sauce vocals from Chloe F. Orwell and the glue that holds it all together, the wall of sound drumming that sounds like a stampeding herd of a thousand arms battering away at the drum kit of Brad Elvis."
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Marty Wombacher, Natalie Word Magazine
"This Chicago-based duo aim for Creature's sexy style, Ladytron's rock chops and the raw energy of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs."
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Scott Bryson, CHARTattack Canada
