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Featured on mtvU (college music network) on "Ahead of the Curve": "An intimate look at some of musics rising stars. Unprocessed and unrehearsed, these artists showcase their skills off-the-cuff."

... "Their versatile songs may just bring you over to the dark side of music. But you’re gonna like this malady, we promise. "
-mtvU.com

 

"The Ortolan is hooky, well paced and damn fine from start to finish.. Between the commencement bells of "Eucalyptus" and the washed out strum of the closing "This Old Home," each vocally-charged keyboard crescendo suggests the freedom of an opened cage."
-FILTER Magazine

 

"Deadly's arrangements never cease to amaze ...his themes are often obtuse, his lyrics quite cryptic and oftentimes surreal, but never less than fascinating. All told, a stunning debut, leaving one to wonder where the band can possibly go from here.
4.5 out 5 stars."
-All Music Guide (AMG)

 

Rating: 7.4/10
"... it's hard to deny how it ratchets up from a gypsy stalk to barely controlled instrumental speed tests as Richard hovers over the proceedings like the avenger he wishes himself to be... the Deadly Syndrome channel their influences by working within a schematic that allows for heavy meditations on mortality and failure to cloak themselves in something caffeinated and keyboard-heavy enough to show off at a house party..."
Pitchfork Media Guide

 

" These dream-songs are beautifully sung by Christopher Richard over rollicky melodies of xylophone, organs, jangly guitars, and pleasantly thrashed drumkits. ...I recommend it hands-down, and to put it on my Best of 2007 list."
-LAist.com

 

"They aren’t scary, they just exist. It’s as if there’s a secret desire to speed along the aging process, the decaying of muscle tone and flexibility, just to get to the jackpot at the end where they can hover over their grandchildren and maybe give them reason to have that weird feeling that someone’s watching over them when they narrowly dodge that tree with a car on a foggy night. There’s a vampire-like quality to the pall and to the vibrancy that covers and then sprouts up from the darkened walkways, spidering across the board."
-Daytrotter.com

"On the first few listens to The Deadly Syndrome's new album, The Ortolan, that division line has been drawn in the sand. While New York seems to be full of the next hipster Animal Collective clones (not that there is anything wrong with that), California is hard at work creating interesting and beautifully layered melodic music. "
- Thetripwire.com

 

"... unbridled euphoria — and wry touches such as onstage cutouts of ghosts — helped the Deadly Syndrome go from zero to signed in a few short months. Well, that and explosive, unaffected songs right out of the Arcade Fire/Modest Mouse/Wolf Parade playbook.
The party crowd the quartet has won over is liable to see another side of the Deadly Syndrome when its debut album, "The Ortolan," comes out this summer on Dim Mak Records. It was recorded in a Laurel Canyon house with first-time producers Nico Aglietti and Aaron Older. "
-The Los Angeles Times

"This hodgepodge of old and new friends began messing around, making noise in the guesthouse of a little ranch, and soon played their first “show” on the porch for some pals. Within months, they were appearing on bills with Silver Lake’s biggest bands (including Cold War Kids and Monsters Are Waiting) and had earned a reputation for explosively energetic live shows..."
-LA Weekly "Diggin' Your Scene" April 2007

 

"Il y a dix ans, il aurait fallu quelques annees d'apprentissage, des maquettes a la queue leu leu, des albums en import et de tournees epuisantes - ou un article de Philippe Garnier - avant qu'en groupe de jeunes Californiens surdoues affole enfin notre radar. Mais Internet, fabuleux accelerateur, est venu bruler quelques fastideuses etapes et l'on a decouvert, au hasard d'une desouvree, la pop etrange de ces Americains qui n'ont joue que sept ou huit concerts et seulement enregistre une poignee de chansons dans un garage de Los Angeles. Ils comptent pourtant parmi nos plus ferme espoirs de 2007 avec leur pop onirique et obsedante."
-Les InRockuptibles "Hopes for 2007" Jan. 2007

 

"The Deadly Syndrome's brand of high-energy almost punk rock dazzled the crowd. With the mania of meth-heads, the band writhed, wriggled and leaped across the stage, with caveman drums and crunching spiraling guitars. When all was said and done, The Deadly Syndrome displayed that their window as an LA club band is rapidly shrinking. This band is ready for the bigs."
- The Passion of the Weiss

"After seeing The Deadly Syndrome play recently at Spaceland, it’s pretty apparent to me why they’re being considered one of the LA music scene's most promising new acts. Their set’s full of energy, their music is catchy infectious and blows away their recorded demo work. They basically just destroy it live."
-Radio Free Silver Lake

"In just a few a short months they are already getting airplay on Indie 103.1, delighting crowds from Sunset to the Eastside, and creating quite a buzz in the A&R world... " "The Deadly Syndrome positively slayed at Hell Ya! last week. I got the tail end of their last song. Creative use of stage props and crazy indie rock. I was immediately bombarded by people saying 'Did you see the first band? THEY WERE AWESOME.'"
-Rock Insider