Here is an excert from Mr Mills Monthly Moan in which Mr Mills had some kind words to say about us.
"Welcome To Winchester, whose clean, heads-down, crooning alt-rock at least sounds like it belongs in 2008. The Paddock Wood foursome occupy a loose area somewhere between Biffy and The Music, with a Bloc Party twang as they dip their toes daintily into the waters of the commercial mainstream and jump straight out again making loud obnoxious noises. Mainman Gavin Crowhurst looks like a student physics teacher; all geeky four- eyed weediness at first glance, until you meet his crazed gaze, the rhythm kicks in and the little sod’s voice becomes a terrifying booming roar, turning their eclectic mix of furious disco beats and uplifting mathy indie-pop into something macabre and unsettling. And he does it deliberately too, I watched him. That’s his secret by the looks of things; try and give each individual a direct stare and a maniacal grin for just long enough to make ’em unsure whether they’re gonna be kissed or killed, and they’re too fascinated not to feel involved, rather than merely spectating.
It’s thoughtful rock for middle-class misfits you see. Invigorating and funky one moment, rough and nasty the next, but resisting the temptation to be flash, which considering that Gav clearly buggered his voice by overdoing it on the first half of the set, is probably a wise move. WTW’s noise is flexible enough to cope with it’s own weaknesses and they’re a band clearly at ease with their style, so knackered voice or not, they’re all going to large it, as I believe those ghastly ravey types say. And they do, even though Gav’s voice is not dissimilar to a coughing goose before long. Besides, "Pulling Faces" doesn’t need much more than a barking grunt in the vocal department, as it’s already a fleshy morsel of hobnail-booted funk as freakily devilish as you could hope for.
As long as there are people moving, Welcome To Winchester will hack and slash their way through it, safe in the knowledge that they have tonight in the bag; not simply because they brought a few people, or through their tenacity, but because they made their audience (such as it was) feel special and appreciated. An admirable trait, and one that may well serve them well in the next round, provided they don’t bollocks it up by taking support for granted rather than consciously making it happen.
My money’s on them getting it right. Maybe by their example, some of the other bands will start to take heart."
You can check out the full Moan here...It is rather good (but then we would say that wouldn’t we?
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Hope to catch y’all soon
Tom, Duncan, Gav and Will
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