Rick Bryant, Journalist

"NO ZU were a different proposition entirely, and the crowd responded with unbridled enthusiasm."

"Newer tracks slotted in fairly easily alongside the older numbers, but they were notable for the fact that they contained a little extra muscle."

"San Cisco wasted no time getting down to business, immediately charging forward with their breezy, irresistible pop."

Retorts to one particular punter’s comments were handled with no shortage of deftness and humour, and as he meandered off stage during the excellent Beer Barrel Bar to procure a few pints for his thirsty bandmates, he further endeared himself to an enraptured crowd.

Give Up defined a period so powerfully that the original album will forever transcend the songs that comprise it, and Gibbard and Tamborello were wise not to try and better it.