Mekons Journey to the End of the Night

3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Predictably unpredictable....[they] settle into a single stylistic groove of melancholy electric ballads and languid reggae....a band of survivors who are as comfortable with shattering continuity as they are with embodying it."
8 out of 10 - "...Strong, if only subtly rocking....It sounds richly upholstered, gathering back compatriots like fiddler Susie Honeyman, with umpteen vocalists chiming in and around each other. Imagine: They've turned the Flying Dutchman into a cruise ship."
3 stars out of 5 - "...The emphasis is on punk-tinged reggae that runs through tunefully gloomy songs....not so much a career summary as another port of call on a grand, rickety voyage..."
4 out of 5 - "...a quiet, unsettled yet strangely comforting mood that suggests a late night spent in contemporary flashback....an uplifting collection of songs that suggests that one need not be alone in the darkness..."
"...With the erudite, economical lyrics, and their knack for linking up country gin joints and urban reggae dancehalls with their gruff waltzes...[they] once again take the poor boy/girl up to the ivory tower and make it swing."
"...Ragged experimentalism colors almost every song...there's a folky sense of storytelling and a pop sense....[Their] post-apocalyptic pessimism is combined with literary skill, and bleak social realism is punctuated with humor."