In English :
France Inter - C'est Lenoir | 21/01/1998 interview by Bernard lenoir and Lydie Barbarian. |
a nice introduction to the band |
Lift Zine | interview by Miki | an interview for a japanese fanzine |
Saturday Telegraph Magazine | 28/3/1998 | "But, best of all, they are definitely not the next Oasis." |
Sunday Times | It runs
in the family 3/5/1998 |
"He
is probably set to become the first British pop star with a degree in
Russian from Oxford University. " |
Melody Maker | 25/4/1998 review of the gig at the Dingwall's, London |
"With
so many supernovas still spinning madly, don't fall into this black hole.
Don't let this fungus grow over your youth. " basically the nastiest review ever written about UT |
Channel 4 teletext | interview | "Someone told us they were driving along listening to our album and they got lost, so that could be dangerous." |
Sibling revelry | it is time for one of my favourite interview ploys - reading palms | |
BBC 1 teletext | review of almost here | At least they understood that Be Ready is a great song. |
NME | review of Higher Than Reason | "it would seem The Unbelievable Truth have leapt straight from puberty to mid-life crisis before you can say "Crowded House"." |
Vox Magazine | review of almost here | "'The Bends Part II' it certainly isn't; it's a gem, an album that moves you not with muscle but with a murmur. " |
Couleur 3 | 15/08/1998 interview at la route du rock (+ sound !) |
"the best thing any band can do is play to their strength. And I think our strength is being emotional and minimalist. And I think we do that really well" |
Spin Magazine | review of Almost here | "an album of reflective, melancholy vignettes full of hope as much as they are of heartbreak." |
Record Collector | review of Building | "'99 should hopefully see a blinding second album, and the now obligatory world domination." |
In French :
Les
Inrockuptibles (popus) |
small article (at the time of stone) | "Unbelievable Truth estomaque par sa plénitude, l'incroyable opulence de ses arrangement" |
Les
Inrockuptibles (court toujours) |
review of stone | "la mélancolie a ici la décence de ne jamais fréquenter le psychodrame" |
Telerama | review of the Black Session | "le charme singulier de ce groupe britannique aux melodies vaporeuses" |
Rockmixer | review of Almost Here | "(superbes) chœurs féminins" |