NEW NOISE (www.new-noise.net)
Reviewing Dust (LP)
"Wow, where to begin? At first sight of Sound Sanctuary’s artwork, one wouldn’t know exactly where to place the band. Indie posers? Disparate wannabes? Or maybe, just maybe, they’re something totally unique and harbour the kind of musical gems us mere mortals can only dream of. Happily, it’s the latter on this flawlessly beautiful outing from this generation’s Radiohead. From the sweet melodies of ‘Dust’ to the mournful ‘Carried Away’, via the trip-hop manglings of ‘Blonde Pray’, Sound Sanctuary have given us a stunning platter of indie-esque art rock that lays claim to no one genre, instead it adapts every genre from blues to electronica, from soul to rock to create something truly unique." - Tom Brumpton
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THE BEAT
Reviewing Dust (LP)
"I was quite taken with the Kent quartet’s Contact EP of three years back, likening them to an electronica Simon & Garfunkel. Now comes the full album, which may take a while to seep inside the head but proves worth the patience to let its charms reveal themselves. A burnished cocktail of folk, trip hop, 60s West Coast pop and blissed out art rock… They magic chilled summer night moods out of Mexico and Kamikaze Dreamer, do the soft funk hump with Got The Feeling, surf the skies on the psychedelic 60s inspired title track, and explore George Michael soul alleyways with Enemy. The lurched narcotic noir of Blonde Prey and the spaced vibes and guitar explorations of Under The Radar also suggest those Folktronica Trip Hop Radiohead labels aren’t wide of the mark." - Mike Davies

FAIR HEARING (www.fairhearing.co.uk)
Reviewing Dust (LP)
"This album is an absolute favourite. I keep playing it, I never tire of it. The most beautiful and harmonic singing you could ever imagine. It’s warm, honeyed and addictive – obviously influenced by Crosby & co/Buffalo Springfield but not Americana’d by any means. Neither is it Anglo-folk corny and overwrought! This music connects by its rooting in organic and heartfelt elements… and I have long since surrendered to the insistent ‘Enemy’, the introspective pumping groove of ‘Broken Signs’ and the twinkling handclapped spaced-out, lament ‘Got The Feeling’. Sound Sanctuary are in a part of the music world that they have created themselves avoiding the clichés most other acts pile on with no shame. Truly deserving of a fair hearing if any act ever was!" - Pete Sargeant
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