★★★★★
Already home to goth-influenced kindred spirits Southern Death Cult and Play Dead, Beggars Banquet offshoot Situation Two quickly snapped up twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel early in 1982. Hotly pursuing several profile-raising 45s, their indie chart-topping debut LP, Promise, landed in '83. Though heavily in thrall to Bauhaus circa In The Flat Field, the ambitious U2-ish Bruises and the moody Bread From Heaven nonetheless hint at greater things to come...
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-01-02
★★★★★
In 1999, Gene Loves Jezebel became the latest '80s band to have a second go
at the rock thing, with an album that was a cut above simple nostalgia. On
this follow-up, the band again moves forward rather than
rehashing their earlier goth-pop sound. Due to Aston's yelping vocals, the
sound is closer to a rock version of the Happy Mondays than before...
- www.splendidezine.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Gene Loves Jezebel have been around (in various permutations) since goth diverged from the early Eighties neo-romantic scene. Though frontman Michael Aston (whose twin brother Jay lost rights to the band name in 1997) is more goth-ish than gothic, he has a flair for the dramatic and knows how to use it...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
It's difficult to review a release like Voodoo Dollies. Since it's a
retrospective, none of the material hasn't been reviewed before.
Furthermore, some of the material is already "classic" (tracks like "Desire
(Come and Get It)" and "Jealous"). The best I can do is to say that
Voodoo.....
- www.splendidezine.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
For Gene Loves Jezebel's Jay and Michael Aston, 1999 proved to be the year of the feud. Working very much apart from one other, both were touting their own Gene Loves Jezebel albums that year, Jay with his VII LP and Michael with his own Love Lies Bleeding...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
If bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bauhaus can be considered the founders of post-punk glam, laying the foundations of what would turn into goth rock, then Gene Loves Jezebel followed closely in their footsteps with the debut, Promise. Careening, wailing guitar is matched by careening, wailing vocals from the two brothers, while forceful, semi-tribal drumming underlay everything on display...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
On Gene Loves Jezebel's 2001 release, Giving Up the Ghost, singer Michael Aston continues to perform without his twin brother Jay, one of the original co-founders of the band. Perhaps it's Aston's estrangement from his brother that lends itself to the singer's dramatic and guttural vocal style. Whatever the case, Aston is a passionate performer, full of fire and intensity, and Giving Up the Ghost is one explosive kaleidoscope of an album...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Unfortunately, the musical legacy of Gene Loves Jezebel is a confusing, sometimes ugly one. When they initially burst upon the scene, twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston were embraced by the goth community and created a pair of wonderfully dark albums, 1983's Promise and Immigrant from 1984. By the time of their third album, Discover, from 1986, they lightened up their sound and became more commercially successful, losing much of their goth audience along the way...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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