The Hazey Janes

The last time Snow Patrol and The Hazey Janes played together was in front of 50 people at a Dundee pub, but the Janes are on the rise with country-tinged pop - from their debut album Hotel Radio - akin to Big Star or a tougher Magic Numbers. Their gorgeous three-part harmonies and tingling slide guitars might even give country-pop revivalism a good name. The perfect coda to the Festival's fade-out. - The Independent

The Dundee quartet release this as a taster for their second album. Not as country-influenced as some previous material and there's more of an indie-pop tinge with a catchy chorus.
It's radio friendly with a summery glow that's perfect for festivals. - Sunday Mail - biggest selling Sunday newspaper, Scotland

New York, from Dundee’s The Hazey Janes, is the lead single from their upcoming second album, Hands Around The City. The pop-rock track is well performed and produced and, at just over two minutes long, whizzes by making you want to play it again - STV (main Scottish commercial TV station)

Thank god for THE HAZEY JANES. They played the rooftop of Maggie Mae’s and it was packed. Immediately after they started playing the rooftop started to shake and I actually thought it might cave in, because there were so many people there, so I moved further away from the band to a more stable place near a railing I could grab onto if the floor collapsed. The Scottish foursome sang close harmonies extremely well, especially considering there was no soundcheck. Their brand of pop won over the large crowd and they were one of the bands that impressed me most. - The Big Takeover

High point: You name it. Guitarist Andrew Mitchell and guitarist/mini-keyboardist Alice Marra both brandish wonderful voices, and their harmonies are superb. The rhythm section is melodic as well as super-tight. The stellar material ranges from pure Big Star style power pop to vintage California country and pop to outright rockers full of curveballs. Never a dull moment. - The Austin Statesman

For a band names after a Nick Drake song, The Hazey Janes' debut shares little of the late folkie's medicated introspection. What they do instead is mix Teenage Fanclub country pop with an occasional burst of Ash-like power punk. With four songwriters and three vocalists the Fanclub comparisons continue, alongside a hint of The Magic Numbers. Their nearest musical neighbours, however, are The Jayhawks, proof that dreary Scottish high-rises are no hindrance to wide-open country rock. - Q Magazine

There's nothing catatonic about Dundee quarter The Hazey Janes who exhale with assurance on their full-length debut. What could have been a confusing mix of alt country and grunge has its own identity, courtesy of the band's heightened sense of melody and their penchant for jingle-jangle guitars. The opening Always There cruises between REM, The Byrds and The Beatles, awash in glistening three-part harmonies and a perfect George Harrison guitar solo, while the next track, Toulouse, crackles with energy as the guitars crank out a wall of sound that Phil Spector would envy were he not otherwise diverted. - Classic Rock