- The Heys Young Bord & Broke
youngbored&broke blends both classic and modern rock. Certain tracks, like “Pressure”, make it hard to believe that The Heys are a band from the 2000s, and not the late 1970s. Although the music itself does have a classic rock feel, the lyrics are very modern, mentioning prominent issues in todays world, like obesity.
For a debut album, from a band who has kept themselves out of the professional recording studio, youngbored&broke is well put together. There is never a point where the sound gets sloppy; every single track stays in uniform and flows very nicely.
Cheeky, sexy, catchy, tight, and just very, very damn good – The Wunderbar
“Pressure” is everything that a great guitar-pop single should be, three minutes of fuzzy major chords, full, rich bass, shouty, ominpresent backing vocals and an impossibly addictive chorus…Essentially, The Heys are still a struggling unsigned band. There’s no scheduled date for even a hugely limited commercial release of this utterly brilliant piece of pop music…Maybe there’s hope though, recently Hard-Fi have broken through in a major way, with big tunes and a sound at odds with most current British guitar-based music. And they’ve done it with none of the wit, talent and flair that The Heys possess…So go to the website, an endearingly perfunctory MySpace affair, of this little-known band, and listen to “Pressure”, because it’s the only place you’re likely to hear it for the time being, but if there’s any justice in the record industry you won’t be able to hear it for free forever. – Michael Docherty, CDTimes.co.uk
New EP just oozes current cool and thumping rock and roll- Leamington Courier
…a perfectly blended cocktail of groove, swagger and old school rock n roll. Theyre a joy to watch… this is a band you really want to be getting down to on that dance floor. – Stew Kingscott, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
This band really caught our ears for the usual reason (or not that usual sadly) – they’ve got at least one really good song. Pressure is it. Great verse, great energy, great delivery. - Record Of The Day
The Heys are quite simply shit hot. If you’ve got the chance I encourage anyone and everyone to check them out asap…. - Tom, Hunt For Decent Music
