3/5 stars
"Ceri James echoes the 60's Britishness of the Kinks, the bolshie, twisted funk of the Gang Of Four and the 90's laddish swagger of Oasis on ten originas that make up Start And Begin, the debut album from London based singer-songwriter. Beefing up the acoustic base of his songs with elements drawn from his indie-rock past, he's produced an oddly engaging brand of shambolically constructed Britpop.
While the 60's, 70's and 80's influences are loud and clear, the overall sound is nevertheless very much James's own and is something to savour in it's wilfully retro swimming-against-the-tide approach."
Steve Caseman
Rock n Reel