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"All in all this CD is a glorious affirmation that the Scottish music scene is vibrant and alive with invention. This is music that looks out to the world rather than being mired in a parochial setting. Hopefully they will get the chance to produce more under the Wendy House umbrella before they are snapped up by the record companies."
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As a calling card for each of the artists as individuals, it does a good job. There's not one artist on the compilation that lets the side down. You feel that everyone that took part in the recording has the talent and ability to deliver a full length album that would do them justice. "Call Centre Blues" is the track of the album for me, but for strength of consistency over the two songs, it's a close tie between Vivien Scotson and brother/sister duo Finniston. It's nice to see musicians working together for the greater good of each other as well as giving themselves another outlet for their material. "Welcome" is not only a good idea, it's a good record. "
http://www.fatea.freeserve.co.uk/wendyhouse.html
'A bunch of like minded acts brought together by an ethic of creative strength in numbers, it would be easy to understand The Wendy House as a West Coast riposte to a certain other collective. But comparisons would do neither side justice, with a much more sanitary strain of traditional folk rock characterising this new Glasgow based venture. Solid musicianship and arrangements are the order of the day, typified by openers FINNISTON, a boy girl duo boasting two fine sets of lungs and a delicate song writing touch to match. Piano bound THE BOY LACKS PATIENCE, meanwhile is none to shabby in the vocal department himself, ringing large of Rufus Wainwright. Five piece THE STATE BROADCASTERS draw on a more rootsy multi instrumental dynamic. EVAN CRICHTON's songs swing furthest of all into the field of mainstream alternative rock, and with such a grasp of the emotive VIVIEN SCOTSON is perhaps a little unlucky to have missed the chance to soundtrack some kind of rain-sodden-solution-to-instrospective-crisis-moment in an episode of Ally McBeal.
It's up to the wonderfully energetic Americana tinged country pop rock of ATTIC LIGHTS to round off a wholly successful and thoroughly un-Fence like evening. Well, un-Fence like but for the bit where they all gathered back on stage together to close with a roughshod, if admittedly cracking version of Dylan's Death is Not the End. A man who comments about a rolling stone perhaps suitably surmises why The Wendy House should also make quite a special home.'
the list, may 2006
pure dead brilliant music, may 2006
"The Wendy House are 'a collection of lovely people making beautiful music'. Well that's what the CD says. I don't know if they're lovely people but they are right in saying they make beautiful music...The twelve tracks that make up Welcome are uplifting tunes. Folk, Country, The Magic Numbers, Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub - it's all in there...This is an exciting debut - and a clever idea. Perhaps more bands should club together."
Rick Fulton, The Daily Record. Friday 24th April 2006
'Citing the wonderful Fence Collective as an inspiration, the initial 6 acts who have grouped together seem intent on making the best harmonic music possible without heed for fashion, style or genre. And if the first compilation album is anything to go by, there is sure to be a queue of people looking to gain entry to this Wendy House.'
the-mag, April 2006