Between Trapezes >> Q Magazine Review
“Songs for the recently bereaved and the chronically heartbroken, Between Trapezes is an intense brooding collection that disinters the twin troughs of loss and regret. Former frontman with the underrated The Fat Lady Sings, Nick Kelly's gut-bursting emotional rollercoasting vocals are pitched somewhere between the boho melancholy of Tom Waits and the tortured soul-searching of The Blue Nile's Paul Buchanan. Faint Heart, Starving Seed, and Crawl invest everyday emotional battlegrounds with powerful dramatic backdrops, as sharp and moving lyrics are shackled to booming melodies. Kelly rocks out on the upbeat Lover's Easy To Say and the month's best title, The Night Cesare Lombroso Met The Elephant Man. Financed by friends and supporters, this is a record which deserves to be heard...(4/5)”