Been poking around the net...


No Front Teeth webzine:


"GUIGNOL / NANUCHKA- 'DRINK THE BEST WINE FIRST' SPLIT CD
I can't explain how blow way I was with this split... I was expecting
to
like it because I really go for the Fistolo style and sound but this
knocked
me back! GUIGNOL are desribed as 'mad marionette music' and NANUCHKA
are
defined as 'Firewater meets...the Go-Go's' and that's it...I don't even
want
to expand on those perfect characterizations so instead I'll just tell
you
that both bands, bust especially GUIGNOL instantly struck a chord with
me
that ran deep and shot me back to my childhood listening to my family
playing Neapoletan music with wonderful raw energy that I truly believe
influenced me and guided me into punk rock...that raw urgency, energy
and
power. Excellent stuff here that is honestly a rare treat and exactly
what I
need."


Artnoise


"...by operating within the realm of centuries-old European traditions and then taking that music into a punk setting, they've created something that sounds at once completely familiar and completely new."


Hussieskunk


"Guignol plays the real deal gypsy music... The scary kind of music, the type where you know you are being cursed for looking at the circus carnie the wrong way... It's interesting, but I felt as though I was being watched as I listened to the tracks... Those gypsies, you can never tell about them, they're always watching and looking to use their gypsy powers..."



either/or


"...it'll confuse your friends if you put it on in the car (I know this from experience)."