14 Sep 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Now Spinning
The Stranglers – Dark Matters – Album Review
nowspinning.co.uk
"It’s a mature album. Policical, critical, acidic. Not that those themes are strangers to the bands back catalogue but this time round there seems an added vitriol."
14 Sep 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Benzine Mag
The Stranglers – Dark Matters : un superbe adieu à l’ami Dave Greenfield
benzinemag.net
"Le 18ème album de nos vétérans préférés du punk anglais original, The Stranglers, risque d’être leur dernier du fait de la disparition de Dave Greenfield. Profitons donc tant que nous le pouvons de ces chansons souvent superbes, où le groupe n’hésite pas à explorer de nouveaux territoires."
11 Sep 2021 Interview: JJ Burnel, Télérama
Jean-Jacques Burnel, des Stranglers : “Pour moi, c’était Peter Green qui était Dieu !”
telerama.fr
"Dernier rescapé des mythiques Étrangleurs de Londres, le bassiste toujours bondissant revient pour nous sur les musiques qui ont jalonné son parcours assez rock’n’roll, alors que paraît le dernier album de son groupe, “Dark Matters”."
10 Sep 2021 Interview: JJ Burnel, France Télévisions
"On est enfin matures", Jean-Jacques Burnel et The Stranglers le prouvent avec leur 18e album "Dark matters"
francetvinfo.fr
"J'y pense toujours, mais je ne veux pas planifier le futur, c'est beaucoup mieux comme ça. Je vis pour le moment et en plus, je crois que c'est notre album le plus mature. On est enfin matures."
10 Sep 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Daily Express
The Stranglers' Dark Matters: King of the keys bows out on a high
express.co.uk
"In all, it's an impressive testimony from a combo who always ploughed their own furrow."
09 Sep 2021 Interview: JJ Burnel, NME
Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Stranglers’ Jean-Jacques Burnel
nme.com
"He’s quite creative, but it’s not going as well for him. But that’s his problem – not mine."
08 Sep 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Gigwise
Could just as easily be a parting gift or the start of something new
gigwise.com
"The Stranglers have been around for a while, but Dark Matters is their first studio effort in almost a decade. With nine years separating this album from 2012’s Giants, it’s the longest gap they’ve had between albums in a career that’s approaching fifty years."
04 Sep 2021 Interview: JJ Burnel, Mirror
Exclusive: Stranglers star Jean-Jacques Burnel ditched rocker lifestyle to become martial arts hero
mirror.co.uk
"The bass player, 69, has taken up a vigorous fitness regime and is now 'an honoured senior instructor' of Shidokan"
19 Aug 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Uncut
The Stranglers Dark Matters
uncut.co.uk
"Even punk didn’t want The Stranglers: the movement for damaged outcasts drew the line at these Surrey brutes, seen as too thuggish, ancient, sexist and straight."
19 Aug 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Echos And Dust
Review: The Stranglers – Dark Matters
echoesanddust.com
"It’s hard to believe that almost ten years have passed since The Stranglers last entered the studio to lay down new material. 2012’s ‘GIANTS’ was the last offering and, since then, a great deal has happened both on and off the pitch, as you might say."
12 Aug 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Mojo
The Stranglers Dark Matters
archive.org
"Today’s Stran- glersWorld is much changed since 2012's Giants: Jet Black has finally retired, while the death last year of Dave Greenfield took away another key element."
11 Aug 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Louder Than War
The Stranglers: Dark Matters – album review
louderthanwar.com
"9/10 for The Stranglers first release for a decade, the aptly titled Dark Matters, is a masterpiece to get lost in and a tribute to their late and great keyboard wizard Dave Greenfield."
06 Aug 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Phil Broadhope
MATTERS OF FACT
philbroadhope.wixsite.com
"One thing that did strike me upon listening to this album is how it subtly picks up on themes and ideas from across all the different eras of the band. It’s very clever, and the more you listen, the more you pick up on some of these little nuances and characteristics within the songs."