“Mysterious, haunting, heart-breaking and life-affirming, listening to northern English band The Steals is like hearing something for the first time which you just know, instinctively, is going to become a part of your life for years to come… This is a breathtakingly brilliant album” ….(Phil McMullen) ….TERRASCOPE,
“Static Kingdom is an astonishing record” …….[SIDEWAYS THROUGH SOUND],
“Heavenly, Wild, Lonliness on CD” …BLOOM,
“Static Kingdom” is a beautiful album, informed by folky notions that reminisce of travellers and pre-showgazed innocence, washed in electric instruments, equally swirling in echoes” [MANCHESTER MUSIC],
"From the epic shoegaze of the gloriously accumulating ‘Hope’ to the tribal-like drums of ‘Stay In Silence’ and mild gothic notes of ‘Borderlines’, the album isn’t afraid to sway between sounds and blur the edges of their folk compositions with touches of other alternative styles. . [WEARS THE TROUSERS]
"There is an undisguised dimention in film music- therefore, pay close attention to this and the next chapters"[Atalho de sons]
"part Gothic, part psych-folk, and part drifting lullabye. Headphones and this will either blow your mind or put you to sleep (in a good way), you decide"[SLOWCOUSTIC]
"There is something nocturnal and passionately dark about this music, that grabs at your emotions so much you can hear the rapid beating of your own heart." INFUSED Magazine
"Delicate and strong and breathtakingly warm and soulful and melodic and rather haunting and slightly folky in a dreamy creamy misty early morning kind of way. Sultry slowburning blues-rock undertone, laid back slide guitars, mellow creamy blues rock and Jayn Hanna has a powerful angelic voice that really is just perfect ,simmering beauty, glowing, warm, mellow and just right" ORGAN Magazine
"The breathy, airy vocals on some of the songs will make you feel as if you've been transported to the Yorkshire moors on a fog-filled frosty autumnal morning"ALTERNATIVE CUTS
"With its moody basslines, simple yet emotive drumming and sublime vocals, the Floodlights EP is a collection of tracks with a wonderful melodic, layered sound".ANOTHER LATE NIGHT
"A wonderfully lush release, full of soul and the sort of melody that haunts you forever more" SUBBA-CULTCHA
"Mysterious, dark, lonely the vocals of singer jayn hanna are tumbling through the six songs, while some subdued guitar lines paint pictures of lost highways into the night - Intense!".BLOOM magazine
"The Steals are the very epitomy of 21st Century folk gone electric Hanna's exceptionally long hair makes her look like a modern damsel in distress as she calls out across the airwaves - exceptional stuff indeed" .MANCHESTER MUSIC
"With her long, love-child hair, waifish build and haunting, lilting voice, The Steal's vocalist could have stepped from the fields of 1960s Woodstock and into the beer tent at Wychwood with incredible ease" Wychwood Festival - GLOUSTERSHIRE ECHO
"Dusky vocals peak and plummet against a minimal backdrop of guitars and reverb and the set flows with a grace that seems beyond rehearsal. Give It All Back is a work of ethereal beautyThe Steals are by no means ones to shake you by the throat, but with performances like this they might just sneak up on you unnoticed and leave you enthralled".Night And Day - SOUNDS OF THE CITY
"an astounding afternoon set is put on by The Steals, who's female singer, all elegant litheness and long ginger hair, has a voice that draws people in from the immediate surroundings. her songs are tremendous too, and the overall, sustained effect is of a rare beauty to behold. The Steals are certainly on the list of previously unknown bands who's music I'll definitely pursue after the festival, absolutely mesmerising and fantastic."Secret Garden Party - MUSIC OHM
"From the off she's captivating, in both her compelling stage presence and the plaintive folk-tinged melodies in which the dark clouds of the Pennines seem to seep into each line, whilst Land does things with a bottleneck and pedalboard .which sound precisely nothing like a conventional guitar. the sound is enormous: atonal waves cutting across chiming echoes, strange backwards-sounding E-bow tones and controlled feedback; you'd swear sometimes there was an analogue synth in there somewhere. The final "Golden" sees a monochord foundation lift off into a full-blown Spacemen 3 trip and it all seems over far too quickly".MANCHESTER MUSIC
"Many names, big and small, have released albums this year; however, they all pale in comparison to the amazing collection of songs by The Steals, called Static Kingdom. this album is intense. The soft, breathy, sensuous vocals are bursting with emotion while the instrumentation drags you deep into a dark world of hidden figures and ecstatic, but short-lived, crescendos. Listening becomes a full-body physical experience: muscles tense, fingers claw-like, breath shallow, mind focued. On this remarkable album, Jayn Hanna and company show that they are true masters of tension, melody and ambience."AUTOROTATION.BLOG
