Barnsley’s Raised by Animals have been gigging regularly for two years now and the hard work is starting to pay off. Apparently Kenwyn from Reef likes them.
They describe themselves as "like nothing else around at the moment," which is not really true as they sound like most bands you’d find playing in a smoky, middle-aged pub or wine bar on a Friday night. But their polished sound and ear for a tune lifts RBA above many.
‘Talkin Circles’ has a nice infectious chorus and a bouncy guitar-line that could quite happily be used as the backing music for ‘Goal of the Month’ on Match of the Day. ‘You Said..’ is like a jazzed up Athlete and ‘Firefly’ is a sweet acoustic ditty, juxtaposing bitter lyrics with tender harmonies.
If they had, in fact, been raised by an animal, it would have been a very inoffensive one. Like a stoat.
L2SB magazine, March 2004