Review of A.T.M.P myspace by Mark Barton, Singled Out, www.losingtoday.com

" Quartet hailing from the base camp of rock 'n' roll world that is Tunbridge Wells - wasn't that the same town that spawned the Anti Nowhere League, All the Mouth Parts can these days be found strutting their stuff via the acutely enviable Unlabel imprint for whom their currently laying down the finishing touches of their (we understand) debut release in the shadows. Four cuts Showcased here provide evidence indeed that this lot arent slouches in the crafting of edgy grunge math, these eyes pretty much the sore thumb of the set veers into territories more the prevail of good beneath the radar era the Playwrights and the much missed oblique overtures of South East Londons Left Hand whilst simultaneously having a curious knack of mooching around ominously like some flashback from the mid 90s Touch n Go catalogue and here we are thinking Storm and Stress. From there in the melodies blister beautifully with a dulling radiance that suggests elements of a blissed out Nirvana shimmying up to Soundgarden with the slow burn fringe flipping do me again coming across a lot more fractured in intent, dislocated in design and ravaged by a sense of something fraying at the edges as though QOTSA where buggering about beneath the control desk impishly warping the mix and applying some simmering arid dry snake-winds of their own in order to accentuate the almost comatose and trippy effect etched at its core. Best of the set though is the brooding death defying man- a seriously out there slice of fuzzing blankness, a bit like the Ministry played at the wrong speed or perhaps a screwed up Codeine, the textures coldly despondent and acutely riddled amid the maddening looping throb of some killer chop chop riffola a la Killing Joke. Damn fine if you ask me. "

Review of Demo version of 'Do Me Again' by John Reynolds, Computer Music mag issue 133, www.computermusic.com

"This is a shameless grunge rock track. Yes there's certainly something in the heavy guitars, the slow tempo and low tonal centre that gives it away. What's interesting is that, although this is a demo of Ben's for his band to learn, it has merit in its own right. It's a very powerful recording, in fact. The intro build up is a classic, with the right then left guitars coming in one after the other, followed by a satisfyingly deep bassline and drums. It's simple, but very effective. What seems like an incessant monotone riff, with just semitone modulation, is actually made more interesting by being unprdictable. The changing time signature sees to this- a bar of 6/4 followed by a couple of 4/4 bars maybe and the strong chromatic melodies, with their hint of middle eastern exoticism, weave through these time changes without feeling akward, which is quite an achievement. There's an organised verse/bridge/chorus structure to 'Do Me Again', but with the unreadable time signature, the odd guitar riff links and the fairly flat dynamics,it's not always easy to tell where you are. However, this last point is not a criticism, the subtly building intensity in the guitar, the drop into the chorus and the empty verses are what makes this work well on an emotional level. As far as Instrumentation is concerned, this is little more than your standard four piece line-up, but there are a lot of guitars and vocals going on- all of which sound just right for their purpose. It's the lazy, deadpan delivery of these to parts that gives this track its interestingly sullen and surly feel. It's the sort of thing that would work well if played by musicians with their backs to the audience, or with the lights impossibly low!