"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 srikes a false note. A classis, but at what  cost?" 
CITY LIFE, MANCHESTER

"An extraordinary, reflective exercise in self-examination. The songwriting is superb and the playing masterly. The spirit of Phil Ochs seems to pervade this album." 
COUNTRY MUSIC INTERNATIONAL

"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

"Songs of lost love and lost faith, the sparse mood suits King well with references akin to Woody Guthrie and Matthew Southern Comfort."
BIRMINGHAM EVENING MAIL

"A personal, atmospheric album of stark beauty which is capable of making the hairs  on the back of your neck stand."
GET RHYTHM,  NEWCASTLE

"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