Pick of the fortnight October 2009 ..."The Cork based Chunky Planet are wife-and-husband duo Linda Carroll and Carl Plover. They plough a guitar-driven folk tinged indie furrow with shades of Mercury Rev and American Music Club. 'Walking in my Shoes' is an appealing, laid-back effort, with a decent chorus and neat harmonies.

The uptempo 'Take me to the Stars' proves the first track was no fluke. It bristles with life, has an urgent rhythm and a soaring whistle. 'No messages, No Complaints' has a subtle blues feel allied to a guitar with Middle Eastern touches.

Chunky Planet make it work because they think and play outside the box."

Jackie Hayden, HOT Press Magazine (October 2009)

After a five-year gap since their first single Pensioners Watch TV the male/female duo of Carl Antony Plover and Linda Carroll are finally releasing their follow up E.P Walking in my Shoews. The E.P delivers an interesting amalgamation of Irish folk and punk-rock. Take me to the Stars is a highlight boasting a pulsating bluesy rhythm. It's the gripping rhythms coupled with some wonderfully punchy vocals that makes this E.P quite an exciting listen. Like any good E.P it has the listener wanting more. If Fleetwood Mac were from Ireland they might just sound like this.

Limerick Event Guide (November 2009)

“Chunky Planet...Cork's most likely candidates for better things”...

Tony Clayton-Lea, Irish Times (2005)

Pensioners Watch TV **** ..." their blend of melancholia and life-affirming melodies brings to mind the better works of Red House Painters or even a more subtle American Music Club. Multi-talented, they sing and play a variety of instruments, including acoustic guitar, Bodhran, tin whistle, electric guitar and percussion, fusing modern with traditional to produce an intoxicating mix that makes you forget that it's Irish music you're listening to...Get onboard now, before they become too popular to be cool".

Bill Linnane, Cork Evening Echo (August 2004)

Pick of the fortnight July 2004..." Chunky Planet occupy the hinterland between Badly Drawn Boy, The Eels and Tom Waits, delivering a sub-species of alt.indiefolk that deals with real issues. Their three-track CD shows how, with a bit of thought, traditional instruments such as tin whistle and bodhran can be used effectively and refreshingly to craft contemporary approaches to music making. Pensioners Watch TV is a delicious sample of the possibilities...History Stops has an added Irish punk-feel with Carroll's tin whistle, it quickly picks up the pace as her voice leads us into places most bands don't aspire to reach".

Jackie Hayden, HOT Press Magazine (July 2004)

Pensioners Watch TV is like a lullaby with the lazy gait of its country-ish guitar and intonation to sleep...the feeling is that the band have created an alternative western landscape".

Don O' Mahony, Downtown (May 2004)

“Chunky Planet explore the capabilities of traditional Irish instruments...The result is enchanting and exhilarating."  

www.musician.ie  (November, 2004)