Uncut (p.69) - "[T]hey're all about chasing their obsessions down darkened hallways of heavy reverb. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL is their strongest record yet..." Q (Magazine) (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hudding drum loops and eerie vocals, including a vestigal 'rap' on track nine, vie with artfully distorted electronics. Strange, but strangely compelling, too." Mojo (Publisher) (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Moving from under their Hype Williams scramble-suit, Blunt and Copeland deliver a skittering show-reel of outer-space advert idents..."