...a band and a sound that is the result of squeezing a couple of generations of genius into a small town and combining with a potent cocktail of beer salt and attitude. Absolutely 100% essence of Brighton. Grassroots

Brighton band Dates played the Prince Albert Brixton on Saturday... Time has not diminished his powers and Boring Bob Grover from legendary Brighton band the Piranhas and with a new more rockier band proved that good strong songs are at a premium these days. With a hit album under their belts First Party Fire and Theft this band need and deserve to play more in the capital. A first rate night from a first rate band. Offline are to be applauded for booking them and I look forward to more Dates from Dates! ThisIsLondon

Quirky chroniclers of modern day life.... this is a band who do things on their own terms and create a guitar-driven sound that is like no one else. Really funny, twisted lyrics delivered with deadpan élan by former Piranha Bob Grover and Ric "Sympathetic Strings" Blow. BrightonLiveSpace

...an enjoyably witty collection of quirky tunes about the things that really matter in life: religion, shoplifting, reality TV, missed opportunity, mobile phones, unconditional love and dodgy neighbours Latest 7 Magazine

Dates set about the pub rock circuit like bulls in china shops.... ......Scared are the things left un-trampled under hoof. The Source

An enthusiastic and rapidly expanding following are being nourished on a diet of hard boiled songs with wicked, incisive lyrics backed by music with more depth than you might think while you are jumping around. Kath Perry