FAZE OUT 

“Domestic is a cultural centipede: poet, DJ, singer/songwriter, doctorate owner, producer, East Anglian Hardcore legend and inspirator of young punk bands. Faze Out is a slash and trash jackhammer, an angry spit and sneer storm, a Sturm und Drang firestarter, 143 seconds of furious frustration is what you get. Retro organs clatter like if a nightmare is just around the corner, but Domestic sounds like he’s a determined survivor who will not go down just like that.” (Turn Up The Volume)  

“With its cheezy keyboard, robotic beats, and fuzzbox driven guitar in the background the song has elements of early post-punkers like The Fall and a hint of Devo and The Screamers. The song simultaneously taps into the Angry British Bloke zeitgeist that brought us Sleaford Mods and Benefits. The key difference is that Faze Out is delivered in proper facking Essex speak” (Louder Than War)  

“Fronting East Anglian hardcore pioneers The Domestics for a decade, James has also done time with the likes of PI$$ER, TOKYO LUNGS, HAZARD PROFILE and more. ‘Faze Out’ finds him moving away from hardcore, however, fusing Krautrock with junkshop electronica, while drawing influence from the likes of IAN DURY, MARK E. SMITH and VIC GODARD.” (Vive Le Rock)  

“A swift addiction, Faze Out is maybe the most unique outing with James Domestic yet and certainly another compelling encounter for ears and imagination making the upcoming Carrion Repeating impatiently awaited here.” (The Ringmaster Review)  

“Not content with countless band projects and clearly having devised a way to stretch time, turns to solo work to fulfil his genre-bending needs. Faze Out takes in surf drums, wonky keyboards and James’ frustrated, accented vocals, building up to a banging chorus, via some fuzz-punk guitar. There’s a lot going on in these two minutes and it’s testament to the deftness of touch that it never sounds cluttered. A catchy, dub-inflected romp that defies genre…imagine an East Anglian SLEAFORD MODS sacking their laptop and rummaging through the studio looking for instruments to play, a dub producer capturing the gleeful experiment.”  (Personal Punk) 

“A sweep of zippy electroids give way to a creeping, psycho organ riff, fuzz-guitar and bouncing bass, only to drop suddenly for the vocal, and then build again via swirls of angry synths and slashes of punked-up guitar, into the chorus, and back to that lurching organ…and the template has been set for this bruiser of a tune.” (The Punk Site)  

“James nestles in that nook of singular British pop music where MADNESS, IAN and BAXTER DURY, MARK E. SMITH, KEVIN ROWLAND, ROOTS MANUVA, BILLY CHILDISH, ANDY PARTRIDGE, JONA LEWIE, VIC GODARD, and the SLEAFORD MODS reside. Throw in some KING TUBBY and ESG, and you’re probably pressing your nose against the right window.” (Punktuation Mag)  

“…a devilish-sounding punk/post-punk hybrid with all the attitude you'd expect from James.” (Brooklyn Vegan)  

“It’s quite a curveball given the bands James Domestic has been in, ones which hit hardcore all around the park in various guises.  He’s definitely not an artist who rests on his laurels and Kibou will definitely be receiving some of my money once the album is out” (Razorcake #125) 

“James Domestic is putting a solo album out! Yipes. It’s not as if he hasn’t enough side projects spinning around is it?! But no! It would seem there are still itches to scratch for the Domestics front man (as well as PI$$ER, TOKYO LUNGS, and HAZARD PROFILE amongst others) and here we go with the opening salvo: a digi-single. Obviously, it will be somewhere between OUT COLD and brutal crust punk as with most of his other projects I hear you say … well, no. No it isn’t. Synth Punk I suppose is the best way to describe it would you believe? Weirdo organ and electro zonking with Mr Domestic’s sneering ranting over the top SLEAFORD MODS-ish? Post Punk? Psycho Synth? A dark 80s electro leer and with his accent” (Gadgie)