…a captivating journey, effortlessly exploring the territory between lyrical, cello-inflected ambience to epic, guitar-driven rock. Subtle, dramatic, intense and sometimes beautiful music from cello, bass, electric guitar, drums, keys and samples.

“In a decade when so little contemporary music piques the imagination, Beaten by Them have engendered a sound that is as potent a spice for the visual wanderings of the mind as the film scores of Bernstein. Fusing classical and rock influences, the band have eschewed the conventional approach of dressing chords around a melody-driven songline, relying instead on the communicative power of harmony.”