Nice review of The BONNEVILLES via ALL MUSIC

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Andrew McGibbon, Jr.’s guitar work boasts plenty of primitive ferocity and a sublime distorted tone, while drummer Chris McMullan hits hard and generally stays out of the way. While the Bonnevilles boast good, gritty technique, McGibbon is also a solid vocalist and songwriter, and there’s a greater depth to his tales of woe than most of his peers deliver. The Bonnevilles sound tight and naturalistic on these sessions, which have a fine sense of space, and the duo is smart enough not to overdo their sense of menace. – Mark Deming/ALL MUSIC review here

9/10 review of The BONNEVILLES “Arrow Pierce My Heart” from MAXIMUM VOLUME

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“Arrow Pierce My Heart” is a brilliant record, one that is surprisingly diverse, and whilst it might never be described as “suitable for children’s parties”, the soundtrack to your next sleepless night with your own darkest secrets running through your head never sounded better. – Andy Thorley / READ THE REVIEW HERE

The BIG TAKEOVER premieres The BONNEVILLES “The Electric Company”

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, what better time to share this emerald from Northern Ireland-based duo The Bonnevilles. Don’t be expecting a reel or jig, or Bonoesque bombast; these lads look to Chicago and the Deep South for their muse.

As the story goes, vocalist/guitarist Andrew McGibbon, Jr. was moved to create The Bonnevilles after a brief time in another duo and being heavily inspired by R.L. Burnside‘s album A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey (the Mississippi bluesman’s famed collaboration with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, released on Matador Records in 1996) and bands like The Soledad Brothers and the Immortal Lee County Killers, along with the traditional blues heavyweights Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Chess Records. – The BIG TAKEOVER Magazine here

GHETTOBLASTER premieres The BONNEVILLES “No Law In Lurgan”

“This song is about a fictionalized killing. I use the name of my hometown of Lurgan in it, which may not be very wise but it fitted so I went with it. Although the event is fictional, Lurgan still has a bad reputation from the days of the Troubles. In fact, another track on the album is my way of apologizing; the song ‘Eroctica Laguna Lurgana,’ inspired by Jackie Treehorn, is the anti ‘No Law In Lurgan’ portraying it as the sexy place it really is.” – GHETTOBLASTER here