Peter Maybury

PRESS REVIEWS

Monorail Music - Optimo album of the month, March 2011 

Nialler9 'Top 30 Irish Albums of 2010' - #15

Stranded 'Top Irish Albums and Songs of 2010' - #1

Electric Whipcrack 'Top 20 Irish albums 2010' - #5

Human Pleasure Radio Show 'Best Releases of 2010'

'New Thoughts is a receptacle for all sorts of musical history, from 1960s psych to taut post-punk and elemental disco and funk, yet never succumbs to any one ideal enough to derail this singular expedition.' - Irish Times (4/5)

'at their core lies an urgent, tribal drumbeat which at once saves them from the encroaching claws of oppressive melancholia and takes them to the rhythmic heights of proto-disco' Clash Magazine (8/10) 

'It takes a lot of invention to make a setup like this work across the full duration of an album, but the angsty minimalism Thread Pulls summon up is more than up to the task' - Boomkat
 
'Heavy on percussion, the group have honed their rhythmic edge into a surgical knife…a very lean and focused album… they are obviously riding on the crest of a wave of inspiration.' - Brainwashed 

'Thread Pulls are the perfect soundtrack to driving around broken down industrial areas of Northern cities late at night, they recall some of the greatest bands to walk this sodden earth, apart from the afore-mentioned Liars and Cabaret Voltaire, This Heat, PIL, Throbbing Gristle, Joy Division, ESG, DAF all spring to mind at various points' - Norman Records
 
'like This Heat rearranging their Twilight Furniture for some spirit dancing.' - 20 Jazz Funk Greats 

 'Thread Pulls hew a hypnotic rock gem from a spartan foundation of drums, bass, & arabesque synth flourishes' - Altered Zones 

 'Thread Pulls swallow almost nothing, swallows it raw, and makes it sound like a full plate.' - Visitation Rites
'Imagine a ghostly echo of the Gang of Four's 'Entertainment' with all the guitars removed, with a touch of Joy Division's most funereal bass' - Resident (record of the week) 

'this truly amazing twopiece! Basically with bass and drums, but also using synthesizer and trumpet, THREAD PULLS produce highly rhythmical Post-Punk with a minimalistic approach, but at the same time multi-facetted!' - X-mist
'this tight, pounding record twists and turns as they egg each other on and add more concentration lines to their foreheads.' - RTE ten (4/5) 

'threadpulls is great to knit along to' - Laura Ajmes 

'Dark, mutant funk.' - Whisperinandhollerin 

'The prime cuts include How To Talk, No Sound, HhYy and Starts/Ends, but it all makes for exhilarating, chilling listening. Just wait until it gets under your skin.' - Sunday Business Post (4/5) 

'the perfect entry point to one of Dublin's most consistently fascinating bands' - Totally Dublin (4/5) 

'the impressive final section that sees the duo nail their sound into three slices of near perfection that culminates in the most vibrant track on the record; 'No Sound'. It's an outstanding end to an excellent album.' - State.ie (4/5)
 
'loaded with hooks, choruses and melodies, a claim which can rarely be made of an Irish artrock record. New Thoughts is frequently a stunner.' - Metro Herald (4/5) 

'You sense that time has allowed a great deal of thought to go into New Thoughts, of what to take out, how little can been left, not what else can be added. Hopefully New Thoughts will open a faster revolving door for Thread Pulls.' Sonic Masala 

'This is a record with real surprises, and moments of narcotic mesmerism. Rush out to buy this record, because it's one of the best releases of the year.' - Their Bated Breath 

'so sharp and right it's 90° with just enough of a wave between those points to add a little mystery.' - Harmless Noise (8/10) 

'The awesome Kraut-rockish Thread Pulls have followed fellow Dubliners Twinkranes in releasing a stonking debut album.' - Cork Independent 

''the sense of rigorous control in their sound has been the most compelling thing for me, and it's taut and driving here throughout, though the result is very full and it manages not to be difficult listening despite being distant and at times a little sinister.' - Handsome Young Stranger 

'New Thoughts is certainly an excellent record, its pounding percussion and sinister basslines creating hypnotic patterns.' Electric Whipcrack 

'The sound is warm, the sound is bass-heavy and booming, the sound is big, inviting, intriguing, a futurist post-punk primal stomp.' - The Organ
 
'New Thoughts is consistently dark, lending a ghostly atmosphere to proceedings… People say 'less is more' and that's certainly the case with Thread Pulls, feeding their very distinctive sound.' - We are noise