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What they say about Readings indie upstarts The Secret Rivals

'Sassy DIY fanzine grrl/boy revolution punk greatness. Like Bis fucking Sonic Youth or Help She Cant Swim spitting at Huggy Bear'

Sid Siddle, Velocity Recordings

'a frantic frenzy of a glue-sniffing punk hurricane: all untidy, but full of attitude"
Fierce Panda

'Danceable, tune-laden punk... their undisciplined yet committed style brought back memories of the Pixies' 'Bone Machine' with Black Francis and Kim Deal stumbling boozily over each other's lines'

Oxfordbands.com

'Storming...like Hot Hot Heat produced by Sonic Youth'
Quickfix Recordings

'a screeling, scraling blast of shrill fuzz-punk that alternately sounds like Bis played at double speed with all the tunes filleted with a pick-axe handle and replaced by extra shouting, or Huggy Bear played at double speed, falling down a mountain while being eaten feet-first by rabid otters...such is their frenzied simplicity we can’t help but enjoy them'
Nightshift Magazine

'Now regardless of what others spit, no other band in Oxford sounds like Secret Rivals or does what they do so well…they are so energetic on stage they actually power the lights and PA system. They are rough, raw, and ready'
Three Blind Mice Promotions

'Aggressive post punk that recalls The Mekons or ealy Gang of Four. A girl yeller and a guy hollerer and lots of scratchy guitars and elastic bass lines - likes it'
Bugbear Promotions

'Shouty, shambolic, lazy, energetic, melodic, contemplative, abrupt, it’s not healthy, it's not, it's not. Did I say catchy? Secret Rivals are why it’s good to start a band'
Jim Bowes, Josaka.com

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