"The songs of John Zonn: Caffeine Days, Headhunter's
Song, Photocopy of my Mind and Don't Speak Too Soon,
seem to me the beginning of a rebirth of 'Beatles'. The
main and background vocals in Don't Speak Too Soon
create a perfect blend that you would either sing with
it, dance with it or do both at the same time.

Caffeine Days is soft and mellow and invokes an
introspective mood.
Remember Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in the song
Photocopy of my Mind. John Zonn intended it that way
I guess, and created a twist in the lyrics to focus on
delivering what's inside his mind. John Zonn is a breath
of fresh air in music. He abandons the convenience of
distortion effects to direct your ears to the vocals and
lyrics instead."

- Jodelen Ortiz (Admin Member WikiMusicGuide)








1."I was driving along listening to it in the car with Hollie
and after we'd heard it once, we sat there with
the engine off and had to listen to it again!"

- Jim Best (Founder & Chief Executive of 'Next Train Productions')


2."I really enjoyed your banjo poem...
...very cute and funny, nice one!"

- Sharon Lewis


3."Hi John – here are my thoughts after a dozen
or so listens on my commute:

Back in Blighty: When the album comes out this
has to be the opener. Love the deep bass vocal
multi-tracking complimenting the downcast lyrical
themes. It’s a winding beauty that never quite unravels,
more and more tension with no release – brilliant.

Lament for ma Banjo Case: Knowing your recent
personal history the start of this “I have recently
suffered a loss” really did stop everything for a
second – sent a shiver – what it then turned into is
absolute genius. Seriously – this is talent mate.
I think because of the first association that for
me this represents a victory of your soul over grief.
I don’t know if that’s where this came from, but it’s
what I felt as I heard the laugh behind the ‘amen’
– I thought “good, John is alright”.

This track makes me feel privileged to know you.

Varnished (You Will Last Forever) : Hook upon
hook this has to be one of the catchiest songs in
your cannon – the guitar break is a gem too. After
one listen the whole thing has stuck and you find
yourself singing ‘bash bash saw saw’ at your
workstation. A definite showpiece for any gig-getting
CDs you should compile in the future.

A Change is as Good as a Rest : Sorry about the
prog comparison – but you know ‘Harlequin’ off
Nursery Cryme? – this reminds me of that – a super
delicate melody and sentiment. The ‘bu bu bubbing’
later on works a treat too. This was Sara’s favourite.


I know I’m always piling on pressure for an
album, I suppose it’s greed – I want a big listen.
But this EP puts that demand at fever pitch. I know
I said it with the last EP, but you’ve pushed that
watermark even higher with this.

It’s made me think again about recording – no big
production, just thrumming them into a mike Zonn stylee.

Most of all, it made me realise I miss you mate."

- Ginge (from 'Up Holster')


4."I heard the sample songs from gardneronline.
Back in Blighty is amazing! I am such a sucker for
easy listening type of songs... So relaxing and
exactly the song you wanna play during long drives!"

- Jodelen Ortiz (Admin Member WikiMusicGuide)






1."Hi Zonn

Your latest release arrived yesterday - I knew what
it was before I opened it, it was singing in the envelope.

What did I find? a fresh sounding e.p. by someone who
has invented and mastered their own genre - 'Los Galgos'
- a moody Spanish opener which just makes you glad
Zonn is back in black.

'Mes parents' is full of subtle poppy chord changes
and pulls you in as you try to keep up translating with
a grade B in GCSE French - this is quite brilliant John.

'When science meets art' with it's intricate waltzy
hooks and lunatic narrative is its equal.

I'm serious when I say you have blown your previous
high standard out of the water - this is a very
addictive e.p. - listened to it several times already.

The artwork is excellent too.

We demand an album."

- Ginge (from 'Up Holster')








1."With the proliferation of singer-songwriters available for
your delectation how do you manage to separate the
wheat from the chaff? Well my friend this is where I
come in, pointing you in the direction of John Zonn.
"Who?" I hear you cry. Well that doesn't really matter,
you just need to feel the warmth of the acoustic
songs that make up 'Portfolio Career', a selection of
songs from John's back catalogue re-recorded first
take in the studio. This decision is one that pays
dividends, as the rough unpolished edges are one of
the things that makes these songs special. The other
is that he writes lyrics that are at turns, funny,
heartfelt, happy, sad and much more about a range of
everyday subjects. The album features some intricate
guitar playing which can almost appear flamenco
at times ('You Make Me Melt') and some accentuated,
near crooning vocals. If by nothing else the
album justifies itself over the space of one song,
the heart rendingly sad 'Hands Of The Brewery'."

"If you like your music melodic, thoughtful and unaffected
you could do much worse than check out John Zonn."

- Russell Barker (Russell's Reviews Online Music Magazine)

1."Hello John, thank you so much for that CD - it is very
brilliant - I like the lo-fi casio drums and cute
handclaps - it's a cracker of a song too - really.
Sara really likes it too and put it on herself again
when I was in the bath.

You have GOT to record another 7 or 8 songs using
this production method - and put together an album
- I can hear a lot of time and love has gone into it.

I salute you over and over again,
Baby."

- Baby Ginge (Songwriter from 'Up Holster')



2."I loved it!!!"

- DJ Chotvacs (Film & TV Scriptwriter)



3."I like it, he's got a good voice. It's as good
as anything you hear on the bloody radio..."

- Sara's mother



4."Like this one its unusual good tempo goes with the voice."

- Jem Allaway (www.ubl.com/artists/johnzonn/)








1."Thanks John. Enjoyed your songs, gentle and honest.
I liked 'Bless those Blues' and 'Night of the Moths' best".

- Mike Russell (Author)



2. "Sometimes Tom Robinson, sometimes Dinner Ladies, and
a superb anthology of 80s-tinged folkpop. A tiptop
achievement, hats off old bean. I’m in no position to
truly comment on the songwriting performance because
I’m thick, slow, shallow and possess no poetic soul,
but I liked the sentiments and the use of the words
themselves as instrument...
...Thanks for sending me a copy, I really
enjoyed it, as did Finlay, and will keep it for future
listening. Good luck in future performances and I
hope this finds you well."

- Famous Dave (Ex-Drummer from 'Header' and
'the Budgies', now House-husband)



3."That Moths song should be a number one!"
"Mature songs about everyday things."

- Steve Risby (Artist)








Commenting on the tune: 'Englisserator/Oogenesis':

1. "A good strange title for some good proper
weirdness, nice hissy ambience. Hooray for
lofi experimentation! Delays sound dirty n'
retrotastic, all rather oogenistically intriguing".

- Gee Unit (Carbon Logic website member)



2."Same as above, I like this good work!"

- DHW (Carbon Logic website member)



Commenting on the tune: 'Skinheads in Uniform':

3. "Hi, your talent is really great! You should set
up a free account at www.celebrityhilltv.com
and upload & sell some of your stuff there. I
gave you 5 stars cause you truly deserve it.
Have a great day! ~ Check me out too :) ~

- Briana-Mariaah (Carbon Logic website member)



4. "Top tracks, John!! Belladonna Baby is superb!"

- BigDim (From 'Darkside - The Floyd Experience')




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