WHAT THE EUROPEAN PRESS SAID ABOUT 'GOD SHAPED HOLE' Real “Blood on the Tracks” stuff, Kings voice is superb. Utterly compelling and beautifully wrought, this is a masterpiece of sorts. TIME OUT A heavy duty emotional roller coaster, but a ride worth taking. Q (4 STARS) Like Phil Ochs or Townes Van Zandt, King transmutes squalor and self-laceration into pure gold....his craft seems to thrive on adversity. God Shaped Hole never deviates from single-minded brooding intensity, and never once strikes a false note. A classic, but at what cost? MOJO An extraordinary, reflective exercise in self-examination. The songwritng is superb and the playing masterly. The spirit of Phil Ochs seems to pervade this album. COUNTRY MUSIC INTERNATIONAL. (4 STARS) This may well be a career best, he has forged his own unhappiness into something very special, moving and intimate. Songs of heartbreaking desire that bring to mind “Blood on the Tracks”. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS A personal, atmospheric album of stark beauty which is capable of making the hairs on the back of your neck stand. THE INDEPENDENT Songs of lost love and lost faith, the sparse mood suits him well with references akin to Woody Guthrie and Matthew Southern Comfort. BIRMINGHAM EVENING MAIL A melancholic air permeates this self produced album but, having found love along the way it shows us the will to survive in the midst of despair and misery. COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE (4 STARS)