“Goosebumps. That was the overriding feeling the first time I heard The Crooks.” - The Front Row

“Spell Binding” - The Inner Ear

”You spend a lifetime waiting for bands to pull it all together, to have the look, the melody, the politics. Only when it appears in front of you do you realise that you allowed pretenders to take the throne in the intervening years. The Crooks are the real deal.” - Travellers Tunes

“The Crooks might just be the band to steal more than your attention they might just steal your soul” - Maximum Volume Music

“One of 2021’s great new guitar hopes re-emerge stronger, better and hungrier” - Gigslutz

 “Their sights appear to be set on sending a wave of euphoria across the big festival crowds”- RGM