"Very different, very cool!"
Hardcore Times

"There are some blinding tracks on this album ... they're definitely a band to watch."
Big Cheese

"The finest thing ever to emerge from the Stoke-on-Trent music scene, this band deserves to be heard"
5 out of 5
God is in the TV

"... the hip-shaking cool of swing, the attitude of punk and the skanking dance-abillity of ska to form what can only be described as pure-concentrated-awesome in plastic disc form."
Blacklisted

8 out of 10
Pure Rock

"... a big breath of fresh air... It certainly provides for a high degree of inventiveness and anticipation of what surprises the next track may serve up"
4 out of 5
Punktastic

"Deadbeat will appeal to punk fans as much as it will to rudeboys. It'll be enjoyed by swingers as much as it will by mainstream pop kids lucky enough to hear it."
Alternative Nation

4.5 out of 5
Gig Wise

"This is very diverse and exciting"
Montag Press

"The Fat Cats are full of surprises, using the favoured formula as a mere template for bigger and better things."
New Noise

"... this is actually rather good."
7 out of 10
Planet Loud

8 out of 13
Room Thirteen

6 out of 10
Classic Rock

".. it has a certain charm in a Bosstones meets Frank Sinatra kinda way."
Negative Reaction

"... it's a very inventive CD indeed."
4 out of 5
Black Velvet

"Sometimes ... you find a little gem like this... This is the kind of life-affirmingly good stuff that makes it all worthwhile."
Bubblegum Slut