Single review of "Titanic/To You" by Piers Martin. NME 27th November 1999.
I Am Kloot
'Titanic/To You' (Ugly Man)
Enchanting debut from a promising Manchester group who might just
have heard one or two Go-Betweens albums seeping from the door
of the local second-hand record shop as they trawled the city's
streets in search of the same beguiling Manc spirit currently
being touted by Badly Drawn Boy and, still, El Moz. Singer Johnny
Bramwell need look no more, though, for both 'Titanic' and 'To
You' are incisive, darkly humorous musings on the minutiae of
life rendered listenable by their thinly veiled debt to kindred
souls like Elliott Smith and Leonard Cohen. It's hard to get excited
about something so self-deprecating and determinedly bleak, but
bloody hell, we're trying. They Are Kloot, then, and they are
not to be confused with Klute, the veteran junglist.
(Piers Martin)