"Electro pop at it's best!" - "This debut is a
masterpiece"
"REFLEXION MAGAZINE rates the album 10 on a scale of 10."
REFLEXION Magazine
(Germany)
"Voted Switzerland's best pop band on national television"
"These two guys are good enough for an international career.
We say: Buy the album and enjoy the music!"
FREESTYLE Magazine
"Another surprising and exceptional debut release by swiss duo THIS
PLAY"
"15 tracks and 70 minutes of superb synth pop that blends together
early
Depeche Mode with Erasure and Pet Shop Boys with some
excellent
vocals" - "certainly a band to watch out for" - "9 out of 10
points!"
SYNTHETIC VISION Magazine
(Ireland)
"15 glorious, infectious tracks"
"a sparkling array of catchy tunes"
„impressively powerful and good songwriting"
"They sound like a cross between Erasure, Human League
and Depeche Mode" - "THIS PLAY take you back to the 80s."
ABENDZEITUNG (Germany)
"their irreverent, bittersweet take on pop turned into
one of the albums of the year"
"Prolific, intelligent and most importantly brimming
with heart-wrenching melodies"
AIRPLAY NEWS
"there's loads to love here"
"a wide range of exceptionally gifted pop anthems"
"it sees them displaying splendid musical finery"
"it’s hard to imagine a more evocative, beautiful debut."
FIRSTCLASS Magazine (USA)
"Driven by catchy, infectious synth-pop"
"A bold, fresh, and innovative release"
"The album would be worth buying for ‚Boys are back' alone"
RADIO DRS 3
"More than 70 minutes of fine timeless electronic pop music
including
the radio hits ‚Monster', ‚Disco' and ‚Boys are back'..."
"with richly textured synth layers, mid tempo beats, melodic
vocals and good attention to detail."
AARGAUER ZEITUNG
"Think Depeche Mode or Erasure and you are getting close"
"a sparkling collection of synth-pop tunes"
"MUSIC SCENE rates the album 5 on a scale of 6."
MUSIC SCENE
"They are cool, they look good and they can sing:
Dominique and Vinnie from the synthesizer group THIS PLAY"
"They will headline tonight. Girls, beware..."
BASLER ZEITUNG
"You’ll find on their album melodic ballads (‚Inside') and
fantastic dance
tracks (‚The One‘). THIS PLAY could be the big hit-project
for
these two guys from Switzerland“
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
(Germany)
"....melodic and catchy synthpop tunes that will undoubtedly fill
the dancefloors"
"bouncy synths, ebullient melodies and tales of lost loves"
"above all this hovers a nostalgic retro feeling"
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE
(Germany)
"In a nutshell they sound like a swiss Depeche Mode and we love
it"
"ambitious electro tracks, all of them rough around the edges but
going straight to
one's head, especially when reaching the irresistible
choruses"
"Two weeks ago they won another award"
RADIO X
"Their Depeche Mode-inspired brooding, synth-driven sound is
bouncy and catchy. The songs on their album will
stick in your head for days."
RADIO SWR3 (Germany)
